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A nabothian cyst (or nabothian follicle) [1] is a mucus-filled cyst on the surface of the cervix. They are most often caused when stratified squamous epithelium of the ectocervix (portion nearest to the vagina) grows over the simple columnar epithelium of the endocervix (portion nearest to the uterus).
The presence of unusual lumps in the wall or base of the vagina is always abnormal. The most common of these is Bartholin's cyst. [5] The cyst, which can feel like a pea, is formed by a blockage in glands which normally supply the opening of the vagina. This condition is easily treated with minor surgery or silver nitrate.
Other names: Pelvic inflammatory disorder: Drawing showing the usual sites of infection in pelvic inflammatory disease: Specialty: Gynecology: Symptoms: Lower abdominal pain, vaginal discharge, fever, burning with urination, pain with sex, irregular menstruation [1] Complications: Infertility, ectopic pregnancy, chronic pelvic pain, cancer [2 ...
This type can form when ovulation doesn't occur, and a follicle doesn't rupture or release its egg but instead grows until it becomes a cyst, or when a mature follicle involutes (collapses on itself). It usually forms during ovulation, and can grow to about 7 cm in diameter.
[17]: 410–411 A buildup of mucus in the glands forms Nabothian cysts, usually less than about 5 mm (0.20 in) in diameter, [4] which are considered physiological rather than pathological. [17]: 411 Both gland openings and Nabothian cysts are helpful to identify the transformation zone. [15]: 106
Oligoamenorrhea, also known as irregular infrequent periods or irregular infrequent menstrual bleeding, is a collective term to refer to both oligomenorrhea (infrequent periods) and amenorrhea (absence of periods). [1]
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Oligomenorrhea is infrequent menstrual periods. [1] Generally the menstrual periods occur at intervals of greater than 35 days, with less than 9 periods in a year, where previously there had been a regularly established pattern. [1]