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Bartholin cyst

Last reviewed: 20 Aug 2025
Last updated: 28 Jun 2022

Summary

Definition

History and exam

Key diagnostic factors

  • vulval/perineal mass
  • vulval pressure or fullness
  • pain during sitting or walking
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Other diagnostic factors

  • fever
  • dyspareunia
  • vulval erythema and induration
  • spontaneous rupture
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Risk factors

  • woman of reproductive age
  • previous Bartholin cyst/abscess
  • sexual activity
  • direct trauma or surgery
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诊断性检查

需考虑的检查

  • microscopy and culture of abscess material
  • biopsy of vulval lesion
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治疗流程

急症处理

asymptomatic Bartholin cyst

symptomatic Bartholin cyst

Bartholin abscess

撰稿人

作者

Colleen Kennedy Stockdale, MD, MS

Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

University of Iowa

Iowa City

IA

利益声明

CKS is on the Executive Board for ISSVD and is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease. CKS is an author of a number of references cited in this topic.

Lori A. Boardman, MD, ScM

Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

University of Central Florida College of Medicine

Orlando

FL

利益声明

LAB declares that she has no competing interests.

鸣谢

Dr Colleen Kennedy Stockdale and Dr Lori A. Boardman would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Laura K. Bonebrake, a previous contributor to this topic. LKB declares that she has no competing interests.

同行评议者

Robert Anderson, MB, MD, FRCOG

Consultant Gynaecologist

St Michael's Hospital

Bristol

UK

利益声明

RA declares that he has no competing interests.

Kevin Ault, MD

Associate Professor

Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Emory University School of Medicine

Atlanta

GA

利益声明

KA declares that he has no competing interests.

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关键文献

Kaufman RH, Faro S, Brown D. Benign diseases of the vulva and vagina. 5th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Mosby; 2005:240-9.

Marzano DA, Haefner HK. The Bartholin gland cyst: past, present, and future. J Low Genit Tract Dis. 2004 Jul;8(3):195-204. 摘要

Omole F, Kelsey RC, Phillips K, et al. Bartholin duct cyst and gland abscess: office management. Am Fam Physician. 2019 Jun 15;99(12):760-6.全文  摘要

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