A Giant Endometrial Polyp in a Postmenopausal Woman

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A Giant Endometrial Polyp in a Postmenopausal Woman Raziye Narin, MD,1 Hakan Nazik, MD,1 Hakan Aytan, MD,1 Murat Api, MD, PhD,1 Hasan Toyganözü, MD,1 Fulya Adamhasan, MD2 1

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Adana Numune Education and Research Hospital, Adana, Turkey

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Department of Pathology, Adana Numune Education and Research Hospital, Adana, Turkey

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66-year-old postmenopausal woman presented with pelvic pain and vaginal bleeding. She was obese (BMI 36 kg/m2), hypertensive, and diabetic. Pelvic examination showed a bloody, fragile mass that protruded through the cervix into the vagina. Total hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy was performed. The uterine corpus was 14 cm × 10 cm in diameter. After transection of the uterus an off-white mass measuring 12 cm × 6 cm × 5 cm was found filling

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the endometrial cavity (Figure 1). Histological examination confirmed a totally benign giant endometrial polyp (Figure 2). Consent to publish these images has been obtained from the patient.

J Obstet Gynaecol Can 2013;35(2):105

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