The following is a summary of “Prevalence of and risk factors for endometrial polyps among asymptomatic postmenopausal women with uterovaginal prolapse,” published in the February 2025 issue of ...

[1] Polypoid endometriosis of the cervix: a case report and review of the literature ...

Adenomatous polyps typically do not cause symptoms unless they progress to colon cancer. Even then, there may be no sign of a problem until the malignancy is advanced. This is why colon cancer ...

You can have one or many fibroids and they can be as small as a seed or larger than an orange. Uterine polyps are small, soft growths in the uterine lining. Polyps are common and may not cause ...

Endometrial polyps are excessive growths of the uterine lining. They are also benign in nature but may interfere with the implantation of an embryo or cause abnormal bleeding, hence complicating ...

Pelvic ultrasound suggested pelvic abscess but after laparotomy and histological analysis of a bulky uterus removed a diagnosis of mature uterine teratoma was confirmed. Conclusion: Although it is ...

Polyps in the gallbladder may not cause any symptoms. Depending on the type of polyps, they can be benign, be a sign of inflammation, or potentially lead to cancer. Polyps are abnormal tissue ...

How common is endometrial cancer? In the United States, cancer of the endometrium (the lining of the uterus) is the most common cancer of the female reproductive organs. The American Cancer Society ...

The frequency of polyp diagnoses in close relatives was strongly associated with colorectal cancer risk. Polyp history in second-degree relatives was only influential with multiple polyp diagnoses.

The majority of women with uterine fibroids are asymptomatic, consequently get less clinical attention and fibroid tumors often remain undiagnosed. [23,24] Symptomatic women typically complain ...