A carcinoma that arises from the Bartholin gland. It usually affects women over fifty and presents with enlargement of the Bartholin gland. Various histologic subtypes have been identified and include adenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, adenoid cystic carcinoma, adenosquamous carcinoma, transitional cell carcinoma, and small cell carcinoma.
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Bartholin gland cancer; Bartholin gland carcinoma (disease); Bartholin's gland cancer; Bartholin's gland carcinoma; carcinoma of Bartholin's gland; carcinoma of major vestibular gland; carcinoma of the Bartholin's gland; major vestibular gland carcinoma