Journal of Kerman University of Medical Sciences

A Case Report of Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of the Bartholin Gland

Document Type : Case Report

Authors

T Ashraf ganjoei 1
SH Dabiri 2
M Yazdanpanah 3
S Hasanzadeh 4

1 Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Afzalipour School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

2 Professor of Pathology, Afzalipour School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

3 Pathologist, Afzalipour School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

4 Resident of Pathlogy, Afzalipour School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

Abstract
Primary adenoid cystic carcinoma of the Bartholin gland is a rare carcinoma in female genitalia tract. In review of literature less than 100 cases have been reported. The presented case is a 44 - year - old married woman with complain of a painful mass in the vulvar area. The nodule was excised and microscopic examination revealed adenoid cystic carcinoma of Bartholin gland origin. A few months later radical vulvectomy with bilateral inguinal lymphadenectomy was performed. In the pathology report, margins and all separated lymph nodes from inguinal area were free of tumor.

Keywords

adenoid cystic carcinoma
Bartholin glands
Vulvar cancers
Journal of Kerman University of Medical Sciences
Volume 16, Issue 1
2010
Pages 90-94

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