Lesions of the Bartholin Gland

Abstract

Most lesions of the Bartholin gland are cysts or abscesses. Clinicians are taught that lesions of the Bartholin gland occurring in older women should raise the differential diagnosis of malignancy, although these are uncommon. A variety of more unusual and rare lesions of the Bartholin gland have been reported. This review focuses on these less common entities, which must be considered as well when encountering pathology of the Bartholin gland.

Bartholin’s gland adenoma in a Saanen goat

“…Further, the PAS stain suggest that the glandular part of the tumor produced a glycoprotein; similar histopathological findings were described in a cow (TANIMOTO et al, 1994). In human medicine, BG tumors are thought to arise from the mucin-secreting columnar glandular epithelial cells (FINAN & BARRE, 2003;WILKINSON & TEIXEIRA, 2003), or from the squamous epithelium of the vestibular orifice (FINAN & BARRE, 2003;HELLER & BEAN, 2014); in this case the neoplastic growth probably originated from proliferated glandular epithelial cells.…”

“…In human medicine, cysts are common complications of the BG (OMOLE et al, 2003;SOŚNIK et al, 2007) while malignant neoplastic growths of the BG are considered as rare and represent only 2% to 7% of all vulvar carcinomas (CARDOSI et al, 2001;LEE et al, 2015). Furthermore, due to the few diagnosed cases of benign lesions of the BG in human pathology (HELLER & BEAN, 2014), probably associated with under reporting (SANTOS et al, 2006), the occurrence of benign neoplastic growths of this gland, such as nodular hyperplasia, adenoma, adenomyoma, and papilloma might be more reduced when compared with malignant neoplasia of the BG, including adenoid cystic carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma, and vulvar leiomyosarcoma (HELLER & BEAN, 2014;LEE et al, 2015).…”

A Review of Lesions of the Posterior Fourchette, Posterior Vestibule (Fossa Navicularis), and Hymen

“…4 Most masses are cysts or abscesses of the duct. The question of malignancy should always be considered in a mass in a woman older than 40 years.…”

Benigne Veränderungen der Vulva

“…Ein mikrobiologischer Abstrich wird entnommenvorrangig, um eine Gonorrhö oder Chlamydieninfektion auszuschließen. Eine Antibiotikatherapie ist regulär nicht notwendig [3].…”