Cervix Disorders

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Summary

The cervix is the lower part of the uterus, the place where a baby grows during pregnancy. The cervix has a small opening that expands during childbirth. It also allows menstrual blood to leave a woman's body.

Your health care provider may perform a Pap test during your health checkup to look for changes to the cells of the cervix, including cervical cancer. Other problems with the cervix include:

• Cervicitis - inflammation of the cervix. This is usually from an infection.
• Cervical incompetence - This can happen during pregnancy. The opening of the cervix widens long before the baby is due.
• Cervical polyps and cysts - abnormal growths on the cervix

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• HPV and Pap Test Results: Next Steps after an Abnormal Cervical Cancer Screening Test (National Cancer Institute) Also in Spanish

Diagnosis and Tests

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• Colposcopy (National Library of Medicine) Also in Spanish
• Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure (LEEP) (Johns Hopkins Medicine)

Treatments and Therapies

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• Cervical dysplasia - series (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish

Specifics

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• Cervical Dysplasia (American Academy of Family Physicians) Also in Spanish
• Cervical Dysplasia: Is It Cancer? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish
• Cervical Fibroids (Merck & Co., Inc.) Also in Spanish
• Cervical Length: Why Does It Matter during Pregnancy? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish
• Cervical Polyps (Merck & Co., Inc.) Also in Spanish
• Cervical Stenosis (Merck & Co., Inc.) Also in Spanish
• Cervicitis (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish

Clinical Trials

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• ClinicalTrials.gov: Uterine Cervical Diseases (National Institutes of Health)
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Uterine Cervical Dysplasia (National Institutes of Health)

Journal Articles References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)

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• Article: Topical delivery of drugs in the treatment of high-grade cervical squamous...
• Article: Systematic review and meta-analysis of right subclavian artery variants and their...
• Article: Angular Pregnancy in an Arcuate Uterus: Hysteroscopic Management of Retained Products...
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• How to Find Find an Ob-Gyn (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)

Patient Handouts

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• Cervical dysplasia (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
• Cervical polyps (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
• Cervicitis (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
• Cervix cryosurgery (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
• Cone biopsy (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
• Endocervical Gram stain (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
• Insufficient cervix (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
• Nabothian cyst (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish