title: Symptomatic arteriovenous malformation of Bartholin's gland. A case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Arteriovenous malformations are composed of large, tortuous arteries and misshapen, veinlike structures. They are extremely uncommon in the genital tract.
  
  
  METHODS
  An arteriovenous malformation in a Bartholin gland presented as intermittent vaginal bleeding in a 43-year-old woman.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Persistent unexplained bleeding from Bartholin's gland requires surgical excision.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and of Anatomic Pathology, Boston Medical Center, 1 Boston Medical Center Place, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lal
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kasznica
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Varaklis
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Soto-Wright
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D001472:Bartholin's Glands / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D014623:Vaginal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*