title: Rare case of transitional cell carcinoma originating in Bartholin's gland duct.
abstract: We report a rare case of papillary invasive transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) that originated in Bartholin's gland duct. It resulted in differentiation into low-grade dysplasia and grade-III invasive TCC. Because invasive lesions within the lamina propria developed from flat dysplasia, the invasive TCC had presumably progressed from low-grade dysplasia. To our knowledge, 6 cases of TCC originating in Bartholin's gland have been reported previously, but our report is the first to describe TCC associated with dysplasia. The progressive course of this rare carcinoma is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shimane Medical University, Izumo, Japan.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fujiwaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nishiki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ryuko
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kitao
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001472:Bartholin's Glands; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005836:Genitalia, Female / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans