Chapter 13

Question 1

Select the factor most unlikely to contribute to endometrial cancer.

Answer 1

Thin habitus

Question 2

Tamoxifen therapy is known to increase the risk of all except:

Answer 2

Myomas

Question 3

Endometrial cancer typically presents as:

Answer 3

Uterine bleeding

Question 4

Select the least helpful imaging method for providing accurate diagnostic tumor angiogenesis information

Answer 4

TA (transabdominal)

Question 5

Which condition will not cause the endometrium to appear thickened?

Answer 5

Menstrual phase

Question 6

Leiomyosarcomas

Answer 6

Are heterogeneous

Question 7

Fallopian tube carcinoma is an aggressive tumor that demonstrates all except a:

Answer 7

Thickened endometrium

Question 8

A frequent suspicious characteristic of fallopian tube carcinoma is:

Answer 8

Pelvic ascites

Question 9

Fallopian tube carcinoma may cause suspicious characteristics of all except:

Answer 9

A trilaminar homogenous endometrium

Question 10

Infection by HPV is the largest cause of:

Answer 10

Cervical carcinoma

Question 11

Exposure to DES (diethylstilbestrol) in uteri causes an increased incidence of adenocarcinoma of the:

Answer 11

Cervix and vagina

Question 12

Cervical stenosis caused by cervical cancer may cause:

Answer 12

Hematometra

Question 13

Select the imaging modality that is least helpful with diagnosing fallopian tube neoplasia

Answer 13

CT

Question 14

Choose the imaging modality that has excellent soft tissue contrast resolution and is therefore significantly valuable in the assessment of the size of the tumor, the depth of the cervical cancer invasion.

Answer 14

MRI

Question 15

Select the phrase used to describe a group of uterine neoplasms that occur as a complication of pregnancy.

Answer 15

Gestational trophoblastic neoplasia (GTN)

Question 16

Gestational trophoblastic neoplasia:

Answer 16

Can occur as a complication of all pregnancies

Question 17

Invasive mole is a form of hydatidiform mole that invades the:

Answer 17

Myometrium

Question 18

Although clinical signs for endometrial cancer and leiomyosarcomas are nonspecific, most present with:

Answer 18

Uterine bleeding and pain

Question 19

Fertilization by more than one sperm creates:

Answer 19

Diploid karyotype

Question 20

A drug prescribed for treatment of severe psoriasis, an inhibitor of cellular reproduction, and a variety of malignant neoplastic diseases is:

Answer 20

Methotrexate