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Female Prostate
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Female Prostate
A term of art referring a visual phenomenon seen in contrast urography and to an embryologic analogue of the (male) prostate
imaging A filling defect—bladder base impression—occasionally seen in women when the levator ani muscle is more prominent than usual; it is associated with urethritis, and best visualized in the prone position, whereas the bladder base impression from the prostate is less pronounced in prone position; it was described in the 1980s
Urology Skene’s gland


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2) The differential diagnosis includes submucosal cysts, abscess of Skene's glands, or injected collagen into the periurethral region for the treatment of urinary incontinence.
It produces responses in both the clitoris and Skene's glands, found in the upper wall of the vagina.
Female ejaculation is believed to be caused by a release of fluid from the Skene's glands, comparable to prostate glands in men.
 
 
 
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