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What Does Cervical Polyp Along With Missed Period Indicate?

Posted on Sat, 25 Oct 2014

Question: I am 52years old. Haven't had my period in a year. Just had my Pap smear done, came back abnormal cells. Dr. Says nothing atypical. That pap was the same a year ago. Dr. Chose wait and see approach. Just had a colposcopy. Found a polyp outside of cervix. Dr. Saw some inflamation as well. Had polyp removed and biopsies. Waiting results. Dr. Thinks inflamation is from HPV. She doesn't think polyp is cancerous. That its more mild dysphasia. I'm still worried. Won't know results for a couple of days. Be reading about cervical dysplasia, is it cancerous?

Answered by Dr. Richa Agarwal (48 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Cervical polyp is usually benign( non cancerous)

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

Thanks for writing to us about it.

I can read your concern towards it.

Facts about your trouble-

- Cervical polyp is usually benign (non- cancerous). But in 1% cases it is found cancerous in their reproductive age group.
- Mild cervical dysplasia is usually non cancerous and do not need any treatment at your age.
-Only close observation and repeat pap test is required in 3-6 months to determine whether it is changing from mild cervical dysplasia to moderate and severe dysplasia or not which may cause cervical cancer.
- Usually the HPV infection is found in 99.9% cases, but only few percent cause cancer.

Hence please do not worry about your report wait and watch for your biopsy report.

Hope I have answered your query if you have further questions I will be happy to assist you.

Good luck.
Regards
Dr. Richa

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