CASE 28
A 20-year-old female college student presented to the University Student Health Clinic with a complaint of a painful lump in her external genitalia. The physical examination confirmed the presence of a tender mass. The patient was diagnosed with a Bartholin gland abscess that was surgically drained.
WHAT ARE BARTHOLIN GLANDS?
Bartholin glands, also known as greater vestibular glands, are small (about 1 cm in diameter) paired glands located on either side of the vaginal orifice. The glands lie in the superficial perineal pouch (Fig. 4-1) and are partly covered by the posterior portions of the bulbs of the vestibule and by the bulbospongiosus muscles. The duct of each gland opens into the vestibule between the hymen and the labium minus (Fig. 4-2).
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