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.

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Mount Sinai. Cervicitis. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). Mounti Sinai. Cervical polyps. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. What you ...

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