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Chapter 28 - Tumors of the Male Reproductive System Flashcards

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What is the most common location for tumors in the male reproductive system? What percentage of reproductive tumors do they comprise? Overall prevalence?

A

Testicles
90%
7% prevalence

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What are the three most common testicular tumors and from what testicular subsets do they arise?

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Sertoli cell tumor - sustentacular cells at seminiferous

Interstitial cell tumor - interstitial cells of Leydig between seminiferous tubules

Seminoma - spermatic germinal epithelium of seminiferous tubules

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For which tumor is a cryptorchid testicle a risk factor?

Is there a difference between inguinal and abdominal cryptorchidism?

Which testicle is most commonly associated with cryptorchidism?

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Sertoli cell tumors and seminomas

Crytporchidism is a risk factor overall, risk is higher with inguinal vs abdominal

Right testicle

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Up to what percentage of dogs with testicular tumors have more than one type of testicular tumor?

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4-20%

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With what frequency do the different types of testicular tumors occur in dogs within the USA?

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Equal frequency

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In Norway, what breeds are at increased risk for developing testicular tumors? Which ones?

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Shelties and Collies have a 5x increased
Shelties - majority (80%) are Sertoli
Collies - majority (70%) mixed Sertoli/seminoma
Norweigan elkhounds - 2x increased risk of seminoma

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What hormones are produced by the different testicular tumors?

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Sertoli - 50% produce estrogen and signs of feminization; 17% if scrotal

Interstitial - rarely testosterone and estrogen

Seminoma - rarely estrogen

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What tumor is most likely to cause feminization signs?

How can estrogen be measured?

What are the clinical signs?

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Sertoli (>50% if cryptorchid and 15% if scrotal)

Estraidol 17-B - usually higher when compared to normal dogs; not all dogs have elevated estraidol

Testosterone/estraidol ratio - usually lower; feminization signs occur secondary to disruptions in this ratio, may be a better

CS: bilateral symmetric alopecia, cutaneous hyperpigmentation, thinning of skin, galactorrhea, gynecomastia, atrophy of prepuce, atrophy of contralateral testicle, squamous prostatic metaplasia, bone marrow suppression

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What is the metastatic rate of the different types of testicular tumors?

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Sertoli - <15%
Interstitial - rare
Seminoma - <15%

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What is the gross appearance of the different testicular tumors?

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Sertoli - firm, lobulated, white or grey, greasy

Seminoma - homogeneous, soft, occasionally lobulated, ivory

Interstitial - soft, expansive, yellow to orange, often contain cysts with serous or serosanguinous fluid

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Which testicular tumor can sometimes be associated with perianal gland hyperplasia?

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Interstitial cell tumor

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What are early vs late effects of estrogen in BM?

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Transient increase in granulopoiesis with peripheral neutrophilia followed by progressive neutropenia, thrombocytopenia, and nonregenerative anemia, resulting in aplastic anemia and pancytopenia

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What % of dogs with a testicular tumor have a contralateral testicular tumor or a primary tumor elsewhere?

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50%

Therefore, COMPLETE STAGING is recommended

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What is the treatment of choice for testicular tumors?

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Bilateral orichectomy and scrotal abalation

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After castration in dogs with Sertoli cell tumor, when do signs fo feminization resolve?

Prognosis if bone marrow hypoplasia or aplastic anemia present?

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1 to 3 months after, unless metastasis is present

BM hypoplasia - guarded
Aplastic anemia - poor

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How common are feline testicular tumors?

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Rare; Sertoli, seminoma, interstitial cell tumor, and teratoma reported

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What is the prevalence of prostatic tumors in dogs?

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<1%

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What is the most common prostatic tumor found in intact dogs?

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Prostatic adenocarcinoma - usually urothelial or ductular in origin, rather than acinar, since they are androgen-independent

19
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Where does TCC arise from within the prostate?

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Prostatic ducts

20
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What is an identified risk factors for prostatic carcinoma development in dogs?

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Castration; OR 2.3:4.3

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What % of dogs with prostatic carcinoma have metastasis at the time of diagnosis and at the time of death?

Which px may be at increased risk for metastasis?

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40% at diagnosis; SLLN most commonly
80% at death

Younger dogs

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What % of canine prostatic carcinoma develops metastatic disease to bone? Most common site?

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22 to 42%

Lumbar vertebrae

23
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What % of dogs with prostatic carcinoma have COX-2 expression?

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75-88% express COX-2 (vs 0% normal prostate tissue)

24
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Predilection for bone in prostatic carcinoma may be mediated by what 3 things?

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TGF-B, PTH-rP, endothelin

25
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Mets from prostatic carcinoma to bone have what action on bone? Osteoproductive or osteolytic?

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More commonly osteoproductive, but can also be osteolytic

Skeletal metastasis most commonly OSTEOBLASTIC in nature

26
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MST of dogs with prostatic carcinoma treated with NSAIDs vs no treatment?

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NSAID MST 7m (6.9m); another 2018 study said 1.7m

<1m (0.7m or 21d)

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What % of dogs with prostatic carcinoma have a BRAF mutation?

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85%

28
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What is the benefit of systemic chemo for prostatic carcinomas?

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Unclear

29
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What tumors usually affect the soft tissues of the penis, prepuce, and scrotum in dogs? What are the most common neoplasm of the canine penis?

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TVT, SCC (most common ones), sebaceous gland adenoma, mesothelioma, papilloma, lymphoma, plasma cell tumor, mast cell tumor, hemangioma, melanoma, fibrosarcomaTVT and SCC

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What bone tumors can arise from the os penis?

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Ossifying fibroma, benign mesenchymoma, multilobular osteochondrosarcoma, osteosarcoma

OSA behaves similar to axial OSA

31
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What is the tx of choice for penile tumors?

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Perineal urethrostomy and penile amputation

32
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Tx for TVT?

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Chemotherapy with vinc, not sx, also responsive to RT

33
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Mineralization in the canine prostate can be due to what?

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In intact dogs - prostatitis, BPH, cysts

In neutered dogs - 100% PPV for neoplasia

34
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What should the size of the prostate be in a neutered dog?

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Small; a normal sized prostate in a neutered dog is abnormal

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What % of dogs with prostatic carcinoma have a concurrent UTI?

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33-36%

36
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Prostatectomy should be considered in which dogs?

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Dogs with early stage dz and no capsular involvement

37
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What % of dogs undergoing total prostatectomy develop major complications, transient incontinence, and permanent incontinence?

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Major complications - 16%: dehiscence, uroabdomen, prepubic herniation

60% transient - resolved within 4 weeks

35% permanent incontinence

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In the VSSO study where dogs were treated with prostatectomy, did the addition of chemotherapy prolong ST?

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No

39
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What is the DFI and MST in dogs with prostatic carcinoma when treated with prostatectomy, NSAIDs, and chemo?

Negative PI in the VSSO study?

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DFI 2.7m
MST 7.7m
1-yr SR 32% and 2-yr SR 12%
Histologic extracapsular extension MST 4.6m

40
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Overall clinical response rate and MST of dogs with TCC and prostate involvement when treated with chemo and an NSAID?

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Clinical response 33%

MST 3.5m

41
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Negative PI in dogs with prostatic carcinoma when treated with chemo + NSAID?

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Intact male status - shorter MST
Presence of CS - shorter MST
Metastasis to sites other than lungs - shorter MST
Tx with NSAIDs alone

42
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Survival time of dogs with prostatic lymphoma? How does it usually present? LN involvement and multicentric dz? Most common phenotype?

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Mean ST 2m; 2 dogs tx with chemo survived for 1 and 10m

56% had LN involvement and all appeared to have multicentric intra-abdominal dz

High grade T cell lymphoma

Absence of mineralization on AUS

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Prostatic tumors in cats? Most common one? Survival time?

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Rare
Adenocarcinoma
Most die within 3m

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