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Giant Endometrial Polyp: An Enigma in a Postmenopausal Woman
Giant polyp is an unusual female genital tract pathology, commonly arising from the cervix than the endometrium. It is a great masquerader of cervical or endometrial malignancy and can lead to a diagnostic dilemma and unnecessary aggressive interventions. Experience in one such case of an extremely...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6332723/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30692819 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jmh.JMH_82_18 |
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description | Giant polyp is an unusual female genital tract pathology, commonly arising from the cervix than the endometrium. It is a great masquerader of cervical or endometrial malignancy and can lead to a diagnostic dilemma and unnecessary aggressive interventions. Experience in one such case of an extremely rare protruding giant endometrial polyp in a 58-year-old postmenopausal female is being described herewith so as to create awareness among the dealing clinicians. The approach to such a case, differential diagnosis, and review of the literature is also presented. |
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spelling | pubmed-63327232019-01-28 Giant Endometrial Polyp: An Enigma in a Postmenopausal Woman Sharma, Sonam J Midlife Health Case Report Giant polyp is an unusual female genital tract pathology, commonly arising from the cervix than the endometrium. It is a great masquerader of cervical or endometrial malignancy and can lead to a diagnostic dilemma and unnecessary aggressive interventions. Experience in one such case of an extremely rare protruding giant endometrial polyp in a 58-year-old postmenopausal female is being described herewith so as to create awareness among the dealing clinicians. The approach to such a case, differential diagnosis, and review of the literature is also presented. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC6332723/ /pubmed/30692819 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jmh.JMH_82_18 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Journal of Mid-life Health http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Sharma, Sonam Giant Endometrial Polyp: An Enigma in a Postmenopausal Woman |
title | Giant Endometrial Polyp: An Enigma in a Postmenopausal Woman |
title_full | Giant Endometrial Polyp: An Enigma in a Postmenopausal Woman |
title_fullStr | Giant Endometrial Polyp: An Enigma in a Postmenopausal Woman |
title_full_unstemmed | Giant Endometrial Polyp: An Enigma in a Postmenopausal Woman |
title_short | Giant Endometrial Polyp: An Enigma in a Postmenopausal Woman |
title_sort | giant endometrial polyp: an enigma in a postmenopausal woman |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6332723/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30692819 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jmh.JMH_82_18 |
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