title: Giant cervical polyp due to a foreign body in a 'virgin'.
abstract: A 17-year-old virgin who had a giant cervical polyp which had developed through a foreign body and protruded out of the hymen was evaluated; the aetiological significance of the foreign body in the formation of the cervical polyp is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Cukurova University Medical Faculty, Gynecology and Obstetrics Department, Adana, Turkey.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Aridogan
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Cetin
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kadayifci
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Atay
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Bisak
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D011127:Polyps / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D014421:Turkey; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D014621:Vagina