Gartner's duct


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Gartner's duct

[′gärt·nərz ‚dəkt]
(anatomy)
The remnant of the embryonic Wolffian duct in the adult female mammal.
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Pyonephrosis and urinary retention secondary to a large Gartner's duct cyst associated with single ectopic ureter in a pregnant woman.
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Congential diverticula may also exist in females and are attributed to congenital anomalies including Skene's gland cysts or an ectopic ureter draining into a Gartner's duct cyst.
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Gartner's duct cysts from embryonic rest cells arise from remnants of the metanephric duct system.
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