Chapter 21: The Male Genital Tract Flashcards
What is the most common benign paratesticular tumor?
Typically occur where?
- Adenomatoid tumor (mesothelial in nature)
- Typically occurring near upper pole of epididymis
Malformation of the urethral groove and urethral canal of the male penis may produce what congenital anomalies?
- Hypospadias = urethral opening on ventral surface (more common)
- Epispadias = urethral opening on dorsal surface
Which complications may arise in a pt with Hypospadias or Epispadias of the penis?
- Urinary tract obstruction and ↑ risk of ascending infection
- Sterility
Which complications may arise due to Phimosis?
- Difficult to clean –> accumulates secretion under prepuce
- 2’ infection and possible carcinoma
Balanoposthitis refers to infection of which penile structures?
Glans and prepuce
What are the most common organisms responsible for Balanoposthitis?
- Candida albicans
- Anaerobic bacteria
- Gardnerella
- Pyogenic bacteria
Persistence of the infection in balanoposthitis is a common cause of?
Phimosis = orifice of prepuce too small to permit normal retraction
What is Condyloma Acuminatum and is caused by what?
Benign sexually transmitted wart caused by HPV (type 6; or 11)
Most cases of balanoposthitis occur as a consequence of what?
Poor local hygiene in uncircumscirbed males –> accumulation of desquamated epithelial cells, sweat, and debris = smegma acts as local irritant
What is the histology of Condyloma Acuminatum?
- Branching, villous, papillary CT stroma covered w/ superficial hyperkeratotic epithelium
- Thickening of the underlying epidermins (acanthosis)
- Cytoplasmic vacuolization of squamous cells (koilocytosis), characteristic of HPV infection is present
Where on the penis does Condyloma Acuminatum most often occur?
Appears how?
- About the coronal sulcus and inner surface of the prepuce
- Consist of single or multiple SESSILE or PEDUNCULATED, red papillary excrescences
What are the 2 distinct lesions of the male genitalia that display histologic features of CIS?
Both have strong association with what?
- Bowen disease
- Bowenoid papulosis
*Strong association w/ HPV 16
Bowen disease occurs in most often where in men?
How does it appear grossly?
- Skin of shaft of penis and the scrotum –> appears as solitary, thickened, gray-white, opaque plaque
- May also manifest on glans and prepuce as single or multiple shiny red, sometimes velvety plaques
Bowen disease is most often seen in what age group vs. Bowenoid Papulosis?
- Bowen disease = both men and women, older than age 35 years
- Bowenoid papulosis = sexually active adults (younger)
What is the dermal-epidermal border like in Bowen Disease?
Sharply delineated by intact BM
*Hence is carcinoma in situ
How is Bowenoid Papulosis distinguished from Bowen disease?
- Younger age of affected pts
- Presence of multiple (rather than solitary) reddish brown papular lesions
How is Bowenoid Papulosis and Bowen Disease different in terms of transformation into invasive carcinoma?
- Bowen disease transforms into infiltrative SCC in 10% of pts
- Bowenoid papulosis virtually NEVER becomes invasive carcinoma
Where is invasive SCC of the penis more commonly seen?
Africa, Asia, South Americ
Which types of HPV are strongly associated with SCC of the penis?
HPV types 16 and 18
Risk factors for SCC of the penis?
- Uncircumscribed males
- Cigarette smoking
Where on the penis does SCC begin?
What are the 2 macroscopic patterns of growth that may be seen?
- Begins on glans or inner surface of the prepuce near coronal sulcus
- Patterns = papillary or flat
What does the papillary pattern of penile SCC simulate?
Appears how?
- Simulates condyloma acuminata
- May produce cauliflower-like fungating mass
What is an exophytic well-differentiated variant of penile SCC that are locally invasive, but rarely metastasize?
Verrucous carcinoma
Where is the most common site of spread for penile SCC?
Inguinal lymph nodes
Prognosis of penile SCC is related to what?
Stage of the tumor
Invasive SCC of the penis most commonly occurs between what age?
Typical presenation and characterization of this cancer?
- Between 40-70 yo
- Slow growing, locally invasive lesion that is often present for a year before brought to medical attention
- Nonpainful until they undergo 2’ ulceration and infection
Where is the most common site for the arrest of the testes during descent?
Inguinal canal
What are the histological changes that occur to the tests in Cryptorchidism?
- Marked hyalinization+thickeningof theBM of spermatic tubules
- Progressive tubular atrophy: spermatic tubules become hyalinzed CT
During the histological changes occuring in Cryptochidism which cells are spared and appear to be prominent?
Leydig Cells
When the undescended tests lie in the inguinal canal they are prone to?
- Trauma and crushing injuries
- Concomitant inguinal hernia may develop
What is a serious consequence that may arise in cryptorchidism?
- Germ cell tumor of undescended testicle
- Cancer may also arise in contralateral, normally descended testicle
Treatment for cryptorchid testicle?
Reduces risk of?
Should be done when?
- Orchiopexy –> reduces risk of sterility and cancer
- Correction btw 6-12 mo., before histologic deterioration begins
Inflammation is distinctly more common where (testes/epididymis)?
Epididymis
Which 2 infections almost invariably arise in the epididymis first before spread to testis?
1) Gonorrhea
2) Tuberculosis
Which infection is disinct in the fact that it arises in the testis first and in many cases spares the epididymis?
Syphilis
Although not as common in children, the most common causes of Epididymitis are what?
- Congenital genitourinary abnormality
- Infection w/ gram-negative rods
What are the 2 most common causes of Epididymitis in sexually active men <35 yo?
1) C. trachomatis (D-K)
2) N. gonorrhoeae
What are the 2 most common causes of Epididymitis in men > 35 yo?
- E. coli
- Pseudomonas
Granulomatous (autoimmune) Orchitis most often presents in whom and how?
Middle age as tender testicular mass of sudden onset sometimes w/ fever
How is granulomatous (autoimmune) orchitis distinguished histologically?
Granulomas restricted to spermatic tubules