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Two percent of women will have a Bartholin's gland cyst at some point in their lives. [3] They occur at a rate of 0.55 per 1000 person-years and in women aged 35–50 years at a rate of 1.21 per 1000 person-years. [18] The incidence of Bartholin duct cysts increases with age until menopause, and decreases thereafter. [18]
Many cysts remain small, are followed closely by a clinician, and resolve on their own. [8] Surgery and/or drainage is performed to remove the cyst. [10] Treatment continues after the surgical removal by scheduled followups with the medical provider who looks for changes in the cyst. [8] Bartholin gland cysts often need to be drained.
It is possible for the Bartholin's glands to become blocked and inflamed resulting in pain. [14] This is known as bartholinitis or a Bartholin's cyst. [9] [16] [17] A Bartholin's cyst in turn can become infected and form an abscess. Adenocarcinoma of the gland is rare and benign tumors and hyperplasia are even more rare. [18]
About 2% of women will have a Bartholin's cyst at some point in their lifetime. Bartholin's cysts are fluid-filled lumps near the vaginal opening. Here's what women need to know about them.
Bartholin gland carcinoma is a type of cancer of the vulva arising in the Bartholin gland. [2] It typically presents with a painless mass at one side of the vaginal opening in a female of middle-age and older, and can appear similar to a Bartholin cyst . [ 2 ]
Nabothian cysts usually require no treatment and frequently resolve on their own. [4] Cryotherapy has been used to treat nabothian cysts but is rarely necessary. [4] Very rarely a cyst may be so large that it prevents a clinician from performing a pap smear, in which case the clinician may puncture the cyst with a needle and drain it. [4]
The Word catheter is a type of balloon that is placed in the Bartholin gland cyst after incision and drainage to allow continued drainage and re-epithelialization of a tract for future drainage. The stem of the Word catheter is latex. [ 1 ]
There is a small association between Gartner's duct cysts and metanephric urinary anomalies, such as ectopic ureter and ipsilateral renal hypoplasia. [5] Symptoms of a Gartner's duct cyst include: infections, bladder dysfunction, abdominal pain, vaginal discharge, and urinary incontinence. [6] The size of the cyst is usually less than 2 cm.