What is a lump on the outside of the female urethral orifice?

Female urethral meatus outside a long knot may be related to vestibular gland cyst, urethral caruncle, condyloma acuminatum and other factors.

1, vestibular gland cyst

vestibular gland is a pair of glands in the female reproductive system, located on both sides of the urethral meatus. When the gland due to infection, blockage and other reasons swelling, may form cysts, manifested as urethral meatus outside the knot.

2, urethral caruncle

urethral caruncle is a benign lesion, usually occurs near the urethral meatus, may be caused by chronic inflammation stimulation or estrogen levels decreased, can also be manifested as a knot.

3, condyloma

acuminatum is generally caused by human papilloma virus infection, can invade the mucosa around the urethral meatus, leading to epithelial cell abnormal proliferation, differentiation, the formation of knots.