Cervix Disorders
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Summary
The cervix is the lower part of the uterus, the place where a baby grows during pregnancy. The cervix has a small opening that expands during childbirth. It also allows menstrual blood to leave a woman's body.
Your health care provider may perform a Pap test during your health checkup to look for changes to the cells of the cervix, including cervical cancer. Other problems with the cervix include:
- Cervicitis - inflammation of the cervix. This is usually from an infection.
- Cervical incompetence - This can happen during pregnancy. The opening of the cervix widens long before the baby is due.
- Cervical polyps and cysts - abnormal growths on the cervix
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Understanding Cervical Changes: A Health Guide for Women
(National Cancer Institute)
Also in Spanish
Treatments and Therapies
- Cervical dysplasia - slideshow (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
- Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure (LEEP) (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists) - PDF Also in Spanish
Specifics
- Cervical Dysplasia (American Academy of Family Physicians) Also in Spanish
- Cervical Dysplasia: Is It Cancer? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish
- Cervical Length: Why Does It Matter during Pregnancy? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish
- Cervical Myomas (Merck & Co., Inc.) Also in Spanish
- Cervical Stenosis (Merck & Co., Inc.) Also in Spanish
- Cervicitis (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish
- Polyps of the Cervix (Merck & Co., Inc.) Also in Spanish
- Pregnancy Complications: Cervical Insufficiency and Short Cervix (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation) Also in Spanish
Clinical Trials
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Uterine Cervical Diseases
(National Institutes of Health)
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Uterine Cervical Dysplasia
(National Institutes of Health)
Journal Articles References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)
Patient Handouts
- Cervical dysplasia (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
- Cervical polyps (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
- Cervicitis (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
- Cervix treatment - cryosurgery (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
- Cold knife cone biopsy (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
- Endocervical gram stain (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
- Insufficient cervix (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
- Nabothian cyst (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish