Nodular Hyperplasia of the Bartholin’s Glands

The benign diseases of Bartholin’s glands like cysts and abscesses are the most common lesions causing swelling of the glands whereas malign lesions are rare. Nodular hyperplasia of the Bartholin’s glands is one of the rare lesions with benign behaviour. There are postulated criteria defined by histopathologic characteristics for differential diagnosis of nodular hyperplasia from adenoma which is an other extremely rare lesion. In this case report, a woman presented with painfull swelling of the left labium majus and thought to have Bartholin’s glands abscess was reported. The patient underwent total surgical excision because of nodular structure of the mass and histologic examination revealed nodular hyperplasia of the Bartholin’s glands