Gartner, Hermann

Gartner, Hermann

(gart'ner)

Hermann Treschow Gartner, Danish surgeon and anatomist, 1785–1827.

Gartner cyst

A cyst developing from Gartner's duct in a female.

Gartner duct

A small duct lying parallel to the uterine tube. It is a vestigial structure representing the persistent mesonephric duct.

Synonym: duct of the epoophoron; ductus epoophori longitudinalis

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