Benign V/V Conditions Flashcards
(19 cards)
Describe nevus
A cluster of melanocytes
Describe vitiligo
Circumscribed hypomelanosis of skin/hair
Management of bartholin and skene gland cyst x3
I&D
Marsupialization
B gland excision
Location of skene glands
Both sides of urethra
Describe urethral diverticulum
Cystic dilatation of the paraurethral glands
2 HPV species causing genital warts
6, 11
Management of V/V hematoma x3
Direct pressure
Ice pack
Surgical ligation of damaged vessels
Sexual injuries characteristics x4
Genital secretions
Concurrent extragenital injuries
Posterior fourchette injury
Vaginal, rectal perforation
Women at risk of desquamative inflammatory vaginitis x2 and treatment x2
Peri and postmenopausal women
Clindamycin and hydrocortisone cream
What causes gartner duct cysts
Remnants of mesonephric duct
Normal flora of the vagina x5
Staph epidermidis
Neisseria species
Corynebacterium
Mycoplasma
Staph aureus
E coli
What causes vaginal atrophy and when it can be seen x3
Hypo estrogenic state in prepuberty, postmenopausal and lactating women
Causative organisms of bacterial vaginosis x3
Gardenella vaginalis
Bacteroides species
Peptostreptococcus
Normal vaginal ph and the ph in B.vaginosis
Normal: 3.8-4.5
B.vaginosis pH >5
Findings of B.vaginosis x3
Clue cells on microspoy due to vaginal epithelium covered with microorganisms
Fishy smell - after adding KOH
Thin grey whitish discharge
Describe discharge in trichomoniasis vaginalis x3
Foamy
Foul smelling
Yellow-green
Trichomoniasis vaginalis on examination of cervix
Strawberry cervix
Pathophysiology of candidiasis
Candida albicans disrupts the production of lactic acid by lactobacilli resulting in chnage in ph promoting overgrowth of candida species
Patients at risk of candidiasis x4
DM
HIV+
Those taking steroids and antibiotics
