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Cisto de Bartholin

Last reviewed: 25 Mar 2025
Last updated: 28 Jun 2022

Summary

Definition

History and exam

Key diagnostic factors

  • massa vulvar/perineal
  • pressão ou preenchimento vulvar
  • dor ao sentar-se ou caminhar
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Other diagnostic factors

  • febre
  • dispareunia
  • eritema e induração vulvar
  • ruptura espontânea
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Risk factors

  • mulher em idade reprodutiva
  • cisto/abscesso de Bartholin prévio
  • atividade sexual
  • cirurgia ou trauma direto
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Diagnostic investigations

Investigations to consider

  • microscopia e cultura de material do abscesso
  • biópsia da lesão vulvar
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Treatment algorithm

ACUTE

cisto de Bartholin assintomático

cisto de Bartholin sintomático

abscesso de Bartholin

Contributors

Authors

Colleen Kennedy Stockdale, MD, MS

Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

University of Iowa

Iowa City

IA

Disclosures

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

Disclosures

LAB declares that she has no competing interests.

Acknowledgements

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.

Peer reviewers

Robert Anderson, MB, MD, FRCOG

Consultant Gynaecologist

St Michael's Hospital

Bristol

UK

Disclosures

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

Disclosures

KA declares that he has no competing interests.

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