Cervical polyps

Cervical polyps are common entities that can be bothersome and are thus removed.

Endocervical polyps

Clinical

• Usually 30-50 years old.
• Cause bleeding - due to trauma (???).

Micro

• May have mixed epithelium, i.e. squamous and endocervical type (with eosinophilic mucin).
  • Endocervical epithelium should have nuclei like that in the colon, i.e. small, round & basal.
• Polypoid shape.
• +/-Inflammation.
• +/-Squamous metaplasia.

Negatives:

• No mitoses.
• No nuclear atypia.

Notes:

• No histologic features separate cervical polyps from benign endocervical mucosa; ergo, they are often signed-out as "... consistent with cervical polyp."

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See also

• Endometrial polyp.
• Cervix.