Editing Bartholin's gland (section)

==Clinical pathology==
It is possible for the Bartholin's glands to become blocked and inflamed resulting in pain.<ref name="Discovery health"/> This is known as [[bartholinitis]] or a Bartholin's cyst.<ref name=lee/><ref>{{cite book|author1=Sue E. Huether|title=Pathophysiology: The Biologic Basis for Disease in Adults and Children|date=2014|publisher=Elsevier Health Sciences|isbn=9780323293754|pages=817|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l9XsAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA817}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Lee |first1=William A. |last2=Wittler |first2=Micah |title=StatPearls |date=2022 |publisher=StatPearls Publishing |chapter-url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK532271/ |chapter=Bartholin Gland Cyst |pmid=30335304 }}</ref> A Bartholin's cyst in turn can become infected and form an [[abscess]]. [[Adenocarcinoma]] of the gland is rare and benign tumors and [[hyperplasia]] are even more rare.<ref>{{cite journal
| title = Bartholin's gland hyperplasia in a postmenopausal woman
|vauthors=Argenta PA, Bell K, Reynolds C, Weinstein R | journal = Obstetrics & Gynecology
|date=Oct 1997
| volume = 90
| pages = 695–7
| pmid = 11770602
| issue = 4 part 2
| doi = 10.1016/S0029-7844(97)00409-2|s2cid=8403143 | doi-access = free
}}</ref> [[Bartholin gland carcinoma]]<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bora |first1=Shabana A. |last2=Condous |first2=George |title=Bartholin's, vulval and perineal abscesses |journal=Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology |date=October 2009 |volume=23 |issue=5 |pages=661–666 |doi=10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2009.05.002 |pmid=19647493 }}</ref> is a rare malignancy that occurs in 1% of vulvar cancers. This may be due to the presence of three different types of epithelial tissue.<ref name="HellerBean2014">{{cite journal|last1=Heller|first1=Debra S.|last2=Bean|first2=Sarah|title=Lesions of the Bartholin Gland|journal=Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease|volume=18|issue=4|year=2014|pages=351–357|issn=1089-2591|doi=10.1097/LGT.0000000000000016|pmid=24914884}}</ref><!--PMID unavailable  --> Inflammation of the [[Skene's glands]] and Bartholin glands may appear similar to [[cystocele]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/gynecology-and-obstetrics/pelvic-relaxation-syndromes/cystoceles,-urethroceles,-enteroceles,-and-rectoceles|title=Cystoceles, Urethroceles, Enteroceles, and Rectoceles - Gynecology and Obstetrics - Merck Manuals Professional Edition|work=Merck Manuals Professional Edition|access-date=2018-02-06|language=en-US}}</ref>