title: Bartholin's gland hyperplasia in a postmenopausal woman.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Benign solid tumors of Bartholin's gland are rare, with only six cases reported in the English language literature since 1966. Bartholin's gland hyperplasia has not been described.
  
  
  METHODS
  A postmenopausal woman with painless bilateral vulvar masses underwent surgical removal of one of the masses, which revealed a well-circumscribed, nonencapsulated tumor composed of mucous glands and ducts within a dense fibrous stroma, most consistent with hyperplasia of Bartholin's gland.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Hyperplasia represents a new etiology for the enlarged Bartholin's gland. Whether the hyperplastic gland forms in response to a stimulus is unclear. However, it appears to share some features with Bartholin's gland hamartoma or adenoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Pathology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia 19130, USA.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Argenta
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bell
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Reynolds
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Weinstein
mesh_terms: D001472:Bartholin's Glands / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D008875:Middle Aged; D017698:Postmenopause; D014845:Vulvar Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery