Gynaecology for students and practitioners . duct. The only symptoms associated with a Bartholinian cyst are me-chanical in origin and slight in degree. Unless inflamed it causes no MORBID CONDITIONS OF BARTHOLINS GLAND 365 pain and it is not sensitive when touched. It is, however, somewhatprone to become infected from vaginal discharges, or sometimes asthe result of injury, and an abscess may then bethe result. The treatment is surgical and may be founddescribed on p. 836. Inflammation. The gland is not palpablewhen of normal size. When enlarged and in-durated by chronic inflammatory processe
Gynaecology for students and practitioners . duct. The only symptoms associated with a Bartholinian cyst are me-chanical in origin and slight in degree. Unless inflamed it causes no MORBID CONDITIONS OF BARTHOLINS GLAND 365 pain and it is not sensitive when touched. It is, however, somewhatprone to become infected from vaginal discharges, or sometimes asthe result of injury, and an abscess may then bethe result. The treatment is surgical and may be founddescribed on p. 836. Inflammation. The gland is not palpablewhen of normal size. When enlarged and in-durated by chronic inflammatory processes itmay be felt as a firm body of the size of aharicot bean or larger, lying deeply in thetissues beneath the posterior part of the labiummajus (see Fig. 41, p. 62). On pressure a turbidfluid may exude from the ducts. In gonorrhoeal infection, a definitely purulent discharge can often be demonstrated inthe same manner, long after the vulvitis from which it originally arosehas disappeared. When thus chronically infected, a dull red zone of B. Fig. 177. Cyst ofBabtholins DircT (natural size). (G) Gland ; (C) Opening made in cyst.
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