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Indian Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 12(2):p 87-89, April - June 2024. | DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijog.2321.1636.12224.6
Case Report
A Large Gartner Cyst in an Unmarried 17 Years old Female: A Case Report
Yapi Marging, Nalini Sharma, Ahanthem Santa Singh, Dimple Kharkongor, Khulakpam Rimabati
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Indian Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 12(2):p 87-89, April - June 2024. | DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijog.2321.1636.12224.6
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Sharma N, Marging Y, Singh AS, et al. A large Gartner cyst in an unmarried 17 years old female: a case report. Indian J Obstet Gynecol. 2024;12(2):87-9.Timeline
Received : May 27, 2024
Accepted : June 12, 2024
Published : June 29, 2024
Abstract
In females during the phase of embryonic development the mesonephric ducts also known as wolffian ducts usually degenerate although it can be a persistent remnants which may become clinically apparent. This remnant of vestiges which can persist is called as Gartner duct. Gartner ducts generally are located in the proximal anterolateral wall of vagina, however it can be found at other sites along the vaginal length. It can be confused with other vaginal cysts like skenes cysts, epidermoid cysts, inclusion cyst, sebaceuous cyst, urethral diverticula. Mostly found fortuitously within the lateral vaginal wall during routine examination as Gartner cyst are mostly asymptomatic presentation clinically. Even so the patient present with Symptoms the complaints could include dyspareunia, vaginal pain, and difficulty inserting tampoons with associated vaginal infections. The gartner cyst has low columnar epithelium which secretes mucinous material, when the duct is blocked or occluded it gets collected which forms the cyst thereby during vaginal examination usually a tense cyst is palpable or seen to bulge beneath the vaginal wall. The size and extension of the cyst can be confirmed by radiological imagings and later on by histopathological. In sympatomaticpatients marsupialization or excision of Gartner duct cysts are usually done.
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Sharma N, Marging Y, Singh AS, et al. A large Gartner cyst in an unmarried 17 years old female: a case report. Indian J Obstet Gynecol. 2024;12(2):87-9.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijog.2321.1636.12224.6
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