Giant cervical polyp due to a foreign body in a 'virgin'

• Published in: Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology Vol. 28; no. 2; p. 146
• Main Authors: Aridogan, N, Cetin, M T, Kadayifci, O, Atay, Y, Bisak, U
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Australia 01.05.1988
• Subjects: Adolescent; Female; Foreign Bodies - complications; Humans; Polyps - epidemiology; Polyps - etiology; Turkey; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - epidemiology; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - etiology; Vagina; Turkey

A 17-year-old virgin who had a giant cervical polyp which had developed through a foreign body and protruded out of the hymen was evaluated; the aetiological significance of the foreign body in the formation of the cervical polyp is discussed.