CA random facts from bates Flashcards
fibroadenoma
age?
mobility?
15-25, usually pubery and young adulthood
very mobile
breast cysts
age?
2 characteristics
30-50
mobile, OFTEN TENDER
cancer
age?
3 features?
often over 50
irregular or stellate shape
fixed
retraction signs may be present
what are three physical changes cancer can cause to the breast tissue?
- dimpling
- countour changes
- retraction
what does edema of the breast tissue cause?
p’eau d’orange when lymphatic system is blocked, skin enlarges and looks like orange peel
genital warts
aka?
looks like?
agent?
condylomata acuminata
1. cauliflower like
2. causative agent: HPV
genital herpes is caused by?
herpes simplex virus 2
what occurs in primary syphilis? what is the causative agent?
a chancre that is PAINLESS
treponema pallidum
chancroid
4 characteristics
painful deep ulcer with ragged nondurated margins and contains necrotic exudate with friable base
hypospadias
what is it?
congenital displacement of the urethral meatus to the inferior surface of the penis
peyronie’s disease
what is this?
what does patient complain of?
hard plaques found just beneath the skin
usually on the dorsum of the penis
complains of crooked, painful errections
hydrocele
what is this?
key feature?
nontender, fluid fillled mass withing the tunica vaginalis
Transluminates!!
scrotal hernia is usually caused by a…
indirect hernia
cryptorchidism
what happens in this?
what can’t you do?
testes may lay in the inguinal canal or in the abdomen resulting in an unfilled scrotom and there is no palpable testes or epididymis
what is the syndrome that causes a small testes? how big is it?
klinefelters syndrome less than 2 cm
acute orchitis
what does this cause?
what is it caused by?
acute inflammed testes, painful, tender, and swollen
seen in mumps and other viral infections, usually unilateral