Management of endocervical polipes in posmenopause

• Autores: Ayala-Peralta, Félix Dasio, Luna-Figueroa, Antonio, Carranza-Asmat, César, Guevara-Ríos, Enrique, Castilla-Galvan, Janet Evelyn, De la-Cruz-Leiva, Yeraldine, Aguilar-Goicochea, Dresly, Apcho-Cruzado, Aldo
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2019
• Institución: Instituto Nacional Materno Perinatal
• Repositorio: Revista Peruana de Investigación Materno Perinatal
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:investigacionmaternoperinatal.inmp.gob.pe:article/165
• Enlace del recurso: https://investigacionmaternoperinatal.inmp.gob.pe/index.php/rpinmp/article/view/165
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Pólipo endocervica; Polipectomía; Posmenopausia; Endocervical polyp; Polypectomy; Postmenopause

Endocervical polyps are the most common benign pathologies of the cervix, whose etiology is still unknown. They appear in 2 to 5% of women. In general they originate in the endocervical canal and less frequently from the ectocervix. The case of a 51-year-old woman whose last menstruation date was 2 years ago is presented and goes to a climacteric office for routine, asymptomatic control and a 1x0,5 cm color polypoid tumor is visualized in the gynecological examination. Pink with shortened sessile pedicle, to whom polypectomy is performed and whose histological study reveals endocervical polyp without signs of malignancy.