Clin Med Flashcards
How do you treat dysfunctional uterine bleeding?
NSAIDs!! (or Mirena IUD)
What are risks to developing urinary incontinence? (4)
- age
- hormonal status
- birthing trauma
- prolapse
How do you treat urinary incontinence?
anti cholinergics (oxybutinin, tolterodine)
How does vaginal neoplasia present?
can be flat, raised, white, red, black multicentric lesions
How do you treat bartholin’s gland cyst?
- none if asymptomatic
- drain w/ ward catheter or massupialize
- excision if recurrent
Patient presents with red/purple lesion on non-hair regions of vulva in HOURGLASS pattern with intense puritis
Lichen sclerosis
What are you at risk for with lichen sclerosis?
squamous cell carcinoma
How do you treat lichen sclerosis?
Stop scratch-itch cycle (steroids, topical high-potency then down titrate)
How do you diagnose bacterial vaginitis?
Amsler Criteria:
- Thin, homogenous vaginal d/c
- FISHY odor (KOH “whiff test”)
- clue cells (>20%)
- Vaginal pH>4.5
Do you want to get a culture to confirm BV?
NO!
How do you treat bacterial vaginitis?
- metronidazole
2. clundamycin
Patient presents with cheesy, white discharge and intense itching with inflamed vagina/vulva.
Candida infectious vaginitis
How do you treat vaginal candidiasis?
mild/moderate:
1.Imidazoles (clotrimazole, miconazole, nystatin) brief
Do you treat male sex partner of someone with vaginal candida?
Only if he has symptomatic balantis
What are common PMS sxs?
- headache
- breast pain
- bloating
- irritability
- attitude change
How do you diagnose PMDD?
- 5+ sxs before final week before menses
- improves after menses
- absent week after menses
- needs to disrupt daily fxns
How do you treat PMS/PMDD?
- limit caffeine, tobacco, etoh, Na
- frequent, high-complex carb meals
- stress management, aerobc exercise
- Chaste Berry, St. John’s Wort
What is a ddx for amenorrhea?
- GnRH defect
- pituitary defect (prolactin, FSH/LH)
- Ovarian defect (PCOS, menopause, dysgenesis)
- Mullerian defects or agenesis (primary)
How do you dx amenorrhea?
Progesterone challenge! (expect withdrawl bleeding) Indirectly determines if ovary is producing estrogen
How do you treat amenorrhea if pregnancy is desired?
Induce ovulation (clomiphene citrate)
How do you treat amenorrhea if pregnancy is not desired?
- OCPs
2. cyclic progesterone (esp. if OCPs contraindicated)
What is prolapsing if you see an anterior wall descent?
bladder
What is prolapsing if you see the posterior wall descending?
rectum
What is prolapsing in a central prolapse?
uterus
What are causes of prolapse?
- age (esp. after menopause)
- parity (esp. if over 2 deliveries)
- obesity
- chronic cough (increase intra-and pressure
- chronic constipation
Patient presents with vaginal fullness, pressure and dyspareunia?
prolapse
How do you prevent getting prolapse?
- kegel exercises (during PG)
2. consider estrogen therapy after menopause to maintain pelvic tissue tone
What is the most common gynecologic malignancy?
endometrial cancer
When is endometrial cancer most often seen?
7th decade
What is the most common type of endometrial CA?
Type 1
What are clinical features of type 1 endometrial CA?
- unopposed estrogens
- well differentiated
- starts as hyperplasia
- less aggressive
What are clinical features of type 1 endometrial CA?
- endometrial atrohpy
- undifferentiated
- more aggressive
What are risk factors to developing endometrial CA?
- obesity
- metabolic syndrome
- DM
- PCOS
- unopposed estrogen
- Tamoxifen
How do you treat acute vaginal bleeding?
- oral progestins
2. IV estrogen
How do you treat long-term vaginal bleeding?
- low-dose OCP
- progestin
- Mirena IUD
- Danazol
- GnRH agonist
- NSAIDs
Patient presents with metorrhagia, menorrhagia and dysmenorrhea and a mass is felt during bimanual exam
Leiomyomata (fibroids)
How do you treat leoimyomata?
- no tx is an option
- GnRH agonist: to shrink by reducing hormones that stimulate it
- OCPs: control bleeding
- Progestin-releasing IUD
- Myomectomy: preserves fertility, high-risk for fibroid recurrence
- hysterectomy
- uterine fibroid embolization
Patient presents with severe pelvic pain, dysmenorrhea, and dyspareunia
endometriosis
How do you confirm dx of endometriosis?
laparoscopy
How do you treat endometriosis?
- NSAIDs
- OCPs
- progestins: reduce menstrual flow, inhibit ovulation (less pain)
- Danazol: synthetic testosterone (can cause male physical traits)
- GnRH agonist: block release of pituitary hormones
- surgery
What is the main cause of cervical CA?
HPV! (99% of cases!)
What is the most common pathology of most cervical CA?
squamous cell
What are risk factors of cervical CA?
same as risks for getting STD (early sex, lots of sex partners, h/o STIs)
Also: smoking and immunosuppression
What are clinical features of cervical CA?
- irregular or heavy vaginal bleeding
2. postcoital bleeding
How do you dx cervical CA?
cervical biopsy
Where does cervical CA usually originate?
transformation zone (squamocolumnar junction)
How do you treat early stage cervical CA?
(confined to cervix,
What is the prognosis of someone with metastatic/recurrent cervical CA?
under 2 years
Which HPV strain is associated with HPV 16?
squamous cancer
Which HPV strain is associated with HPV 18?
adeocarcinoma
What is the screening schedule for paps?
- every 3 years 21-29yo, NO HPV screening
2. 30-65, co-test every 5 years
What is the next step with the pap result: normal cytology, HPV positive
option 1: repeat pap in 1 year (if normal, every 3 years; if abnormal, colposcpy)
option 2: HPV genotyping (if 16/18 colposcopy; if not 16/18, repeat pap in 1 year)
What is next step for ASC-US pap results?
atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance
Women over 25: reflex HPV
(if positive: colposcpy; if negative; repeat co-test 3 yrs)
Women 21-24: repeat pap in 1 year
What is next step for LSIL?
Low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion
-colposcpy?
What is next step for ASC-H?
atypical squamous cells, cannot exclude high-grade SIL
-colposcopy for all, no matter HPV status
What is next step for HSIL?
High-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (mod-severe dysplasia; carcinoma in situ)
- Over 25: colposcopy or LEEP
- 21-24: UNACCEPTABLE immediate LEEP
What is next step for ACG?
atypical glandular cells
- colposcopy
- if over 35: endometrial sampling
What is the risk of CIN I?
most will regress in 1-2 years
What is the risk of CIN II?
5% will progress to cervical CA
What is the risk of CIN III?
12-40% will progress to cervical CA
What is the point of colposcopy?
magnifies cervix; diagnostic procedure to f/u abnormal pap
How do you treat CIN II and CIN III?
- LEEP (loop electro surgical procedure)
- ablation of T-zone w/cryosurgery or laser
- “wait and watch” if 21-24 OR pregnant
Patient presents with PURULENT vaginal discharge, intermenstrual bleeding and postcoital bleeding?
acute cervicitis
What are the usual causes of acute cervicitis?
Gonorrhea, chlamydia, Candida
What does acute cervicitis put you at risk for?
PID
What causes a strawberry cervix?
Trichomonas acute cervicitis
How do you dx acute cervicitis?
- test for Gonorrhea/chlamydia
- test for BV/trich (wet mount)
- r/o PID via bimanual exam
How do you treat acute cervicitis?
empiric abx
Patient presents with yellowish, translucent raised pearl-like lesions on ecto cervix?
Nabothian cysts
Patient presents with postcoital bleeding, and red friable growth protruding from cervical os?
cervical polyp
How do you treat cervical polyp?
remove with forceps and SEND TO PATHOLOGY!
What does FSH do during follicular phase?
recruits follicles
What does estrogen due during proliferative phase?
increased estrogen causes increased stratum functionalis
What happens at ovulation (hormone wise)?
FSH/LH surge cause Graafian follicle to rupture
How long is the oocyte viable for?
24 hours
What does the corpus luteum secrete during luteal phase?
progesterone
What does progesterone due during luteal phase?
it “quiets” uterine lining, making it conductive to implantation
How do you define infertility?
- failure of couple to conceive after 12 months of regular intercourse
- If over 35yo, after 6 months
What are common causes of female infertility?
- ovulatory d/o (eating d/o, cushings, Turner, thyroid)
- endometriosis
- pelvic adhesions
- HYPERprolactinemia
What are common causes of male infertility?
- hypothalamic pituitary disease
- testicular disease (Klinefelters, varicocele, epididymo-orchitis)
- disorders of sperm transport
How do you get semen analysis?
- 2-7 hours of abstinence
2. at least 2 samples 1-2 weeks apart
When would you immediately start to eval someone for infertility?
- over 40yo
- oligo/amenorrhea
- h/o chemo, radiation
- advanced endometriosis
- male partner (mumps, impotence, ED, chemo)
How do you treat infertility?
- smoking cessation
2. women decrease caffeine and alcohol
How do you define menopause?
1 year after LMP
What is the median age of menopause onset?
51yo
What is happening, hormonally, during menopausal transition?
- decreased estradiol and progesterone
2. increased FSH