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.

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.

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 ...

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