Hi Dr Danny I wonder if you can help me. I have been diagnosed as having a polyp on my cervix - which is making it difficult to take a smear.

Clinical characteristics, cervical cytological result, and polyp histological result of patients in the latter 2 categories were compared. Conclusions. Patients with D polyps were younger and had ...

Cervical polyps are very common indeed and, as you say, they can interfere with taking a smear test. A polyp is no more than an overgrowth of one small area of the lining of the cervix.

using the keywords polyp, cervical, or endocervical. A total of 6,436 specimen reports from 5,782 unique patients were retrieved. Of these, 266 patients had denied research authorization ...