| Nabothian Cysts
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Etiology
• Associated with conditions that promote squamous metaplasia
• Inflammtion, irritation, low vaginal pH
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Pathogenesis
• As metaplasia of the overlying epithelium occurs, deep endocervical epithelium may become isolated from the surface
• Secretion continues causing cyst formation,
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Epidemiology
• Virtually universal in women of reproductive age
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General Gross Description
• Usually small and filled with yellow mucus.
•Examples:
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General Microscopic Description
• Contains eosinophilic acellular mucus
• Lining epithelium resembles normal or compressed endocervical epithelium
•Examples:
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Clinical Correlation
• Usually asymptomatic and normal
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References
• Blaustein's Pathology of the Female Genital Tract, 4th ed. Kurman RJ (ed). New York: Springer-Verlag, 1994, pp. 195.
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| Nabothian Cysts
| | Synopsis by: Melinda Sanders M.D. (T83300M33400)[278]
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