Chapter 9 Malignant Disease of the Uterus and Cervix Flashcards
Select the least common gynecologic malignancy
1) Cervical carcinoma
2) Endometrial carcinoma
3) Fallopian tube carcinoma
4) Leiomyosarcoma
3) Fallopian tube carcinoma
What is a risk factor associated with endometrial cancer
Unopposed estrogen
Tamoxaphin therapy for breast cancer raises the risk of
Leiomyosarcoma development
Which of the following us used to help stage endometrial carcinoma
1) The depth of vaginal invasion
2) Involvement of the cervix
3) Extension into the popliteal lymph nodes
4) Ethnicity
2) Involvement of the cervix
What is a sonographic findings of hydrosalpinx in a 50 year old female patient
Fallopian tube carcinoma
A rapid increase in a uterine mass in a 30 year old woman raises suspicion for
Leiomyosarcoma
Postcoital bleeding is a symptom of what type of cancer
Cervical
What type of uterine malformation results in daughters of DES users
T-shaped
What is the karyotype seen with a partial mole
69XXX
The extensive chorionic villi invasion is characteristic of an
Invasion mole
Select the factor most unlikley to contribute to endometrial cancer
1) Obesity
2) nulliparious females
3) Female having multiple sex partners
4) Female encountering menopause after 52 years of age
3) female having multiple sex partners
What ovarian cyst occurs with 1/4th of patients with placental trophoblastic disease
Theca-lutein
What drug increases the risk of endometrial cancer
Tamoxifen
What is a sonographic finding for a uterine sarcoma
Rapidly growing heterogeneous mass
Endometrial cancer typically presents as
Uterine bleeding
