Tumors arising from glands of the female ano-genital area, such as minor and major vestibular glands, are very rare. Lesions affecting Bartholin's gland can be divided into two groups: benign and malignant lesions. In the first group we can include nodular hyperplasia, adenoma, adenomioma which can sometimes cause Bartholin's gland enlargement and difficult differential diagnosis. Surgery is considered the treatment of choice, frequently represented by marsupialization with rates of local recurrence. We describe a case of a 50-year-old woman with a several-years history of recurrent episodes of Bartholinitis, previously treated with marsupialization. Patient underwent complete excision of the left Bartholin's gland without operative complications. Pathological findings showed a Bartholin's gland hyperplasia. Post-operative course was regular, free from surgical complications. After one year, the patient is free from any local disease. In women in postmenopausal age, in those cases in which marsupialization doesn't lead to an improvement in symptomatology and in those cases in which, at physical examination, Bartholin's gland enlargement appeared to be firm and irregular, because of the higher incidence of malignancy in these situations, total excision of the gland is recommended. Total excision of the Bartholin's Gland is a safe technique, given the low incidence of procedure- related morbilities. We do not consider biopsy of the gland a proper strategy for the high percentage of false negative results.
Bartholin's gland hyperplasia. Case report and a review of literature / Fiori, Enrico; Ferraro, Daniele; Borrini, Federico; DE CESARE, Alessandro; Leone, Giovanni; Crocetti, Alessandro; Schillaci, Alberto. - In: ANNALI ITALIANI DI CHIRURGIA. - ISSN 0003-469X. - ELETTRONICO. - 84:ePub(2013).
Bartholin's gland hyperplasia. Case report and a review of literature
FIORI, Enrico;FERRARO, DANIELE
;BORRINI, Federico;DE CESARE, Alessandro;LEONE, Giovanni;CROCETTI, ALESSANDRO;SCHILLACI, Alberto
2013
Abstract
Tumors arising from glands of the female ano-genital area, such as minor and major vestibular glands, are very rare. Lesions affecting Bartholin's gland can be divided into two groups: benign and malignant lesions. In the first group we can include nodular hyperplasia, adenoma, adenomioma which can sometimes cause Bartholin's gland enlargement and difficult differential diagnosis. Surgery is considered the treatment of choice, frequently represented by marsupialization with rates of local recurrence. We describe a case of a 50-year-old woman with a several-years history of recurrent episodes of Bartholinitis, previously treated with marsupialization. Patient underwent complete excision of the left Bartholin's gland without operative complications. Pathological findings showed a Bartholin's gland hyperplasia. Post-operative course was regular, free from surgical complications. After one year, the patient is free from any local disease. In women in postmenopausal age, in those cases in which marsupialization doesn't lead to an improvement in symptomatology and in those cases in which, at physical examination, Bartholin's gland enlargement appeared to be firm and irregular, because of the higher incidence of malignancy in these situations, total excision of the gland is recommended. Total excision of the Bartholin's Gland is a safe technique, given the low incidence of procedure- related morbilities. We do not consider biopsy of the gland a proper strategy for the high percentage of false negative results.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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