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Case Reports
. 2013 Aug 15;6(9):1961-3.
eCollection 2013.

The first reported case of pigmented Bartholin duct cyst

Mitsuaki Ishida  1 , Muneo Iwai, Keiko Yoshida, Akiko Kagotani, Hidetoshi Okabe
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The first reported case of pigmented Bartholin duct cyst

Mitsuaki Ishida et al. Int J Clin Exp Pathol. .
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Histopathological features of the Bartholin duct cyst. A: A unilocular cyst is present under the surface squamous epithelium. The cyst is lined by cuboidal cell layer and squamous epithelium. HE, x 40. B: Dendritic melanocytes are present in the cuboidal cell layer, and melanin pigment is also observed within the cytoplasm of the cuboidal cells. HE, x 400. C: The squamous epithelium contains dendritic melanocytes, and melanin pigment is also noted in the cytoplasm of squamous cells. HE, x 400.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Immunohistochemical features of the Bartholin gland cyst. Melan-A-positive melanocytes are observed in the cuboidal cell layer (left) and squamous epithelium (right). x 400.
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