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Gartner’s Duct Cyst of the Vagina: A Case Report

Paramesonephric duct or Mullerian ducts forms female genital organs whereas mesonephric duct forms male genital organs. The remnant of the mesonephric duct or Wolffian duct in females sometimes forms a mesonephric cyst or Gartner's duct cyst. They are usually asymptomatic and <2 cm but somet...

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Autores principales: Thapa, Baburam Dixit, Regmi, Mohan Chandra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Journal of the Nepal Medical Association 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7580392/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32827015
http://dx.doi.org/10.31729/jnma.5009
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description Paramesonephric duct or Mullerian ducts forms female genital organs whereas mesonephric duct forms male genital organs. The remnant of the mesonephric duct or Wolffian duct in females sometimes forms a mesonephric cyst or Gartner's duct cyst. They are usually asymptomatic and <2 cm but sometimes can be bigger. It is diagnosed with pelvic examination. It is treated with surgical excision of the cyst. This is a unique case in urogynecology as it confuses with pelvic organ prolapse and the mode of treatment is completely different. We report a case of 32-years old lady who presented in urogynecology outpatient department with complain of pelvic organ prolapse. After examination she was diagnosed as vaginal cyst and excision was done and confirmed as Gartners cyst in histopathological examination.
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spelling pubmed-75803922020-11-30 Gartner’s Duct Cyst of the Vagina: A Case Report Thapa, Baburam Dixit Regmi, Mohan Chandra JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc Case Report Paramesonephric duct or Mullerian ducts forms female genital organs whereas mesonephric duct forms male genital organs. The remnant of the mesonephric duct or Wolffian duct in females sometimes forms a mesonephric cyst or Gartner's duct cyst. They are usually asymptomatic and <2 cm but sometimes can be bigger. It is diagnosed with pelvic examination. It is treated with surgical excision of the cyst. This is a unique case in urogynecology as it confuses with pelvic organ prolapse and the mode of treatment is completely different. We report a case of 32-years old lady who presented in urogynecology outpatient department with complain of pelvic organ prolapse. After examination she was diagnosed as vaginal cyst and excision was done and confirmed as Gartners cyst in histopathological examination. Journal of the Nepal Medical Association 2020-07 2020-07-31 /pmc/articles/PMC7580392/ /pubmed/32827015 http://dx.doi.org/10.31729/jnma.5009 Text en © The Author(s) 2018. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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