Female Genital Tract Flashcards
Pus within tubal lumen
Pyosalpinx
Intestinal obstruction due to adhesions between small bowel and pelvic organs
Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome (violin-string adhesions)
Treatment of bartholin cysts
Marsupialization
4 cardinal histologic features of Lichen Sclerosis
- Thinning of epidermis with disappearance of rete pegs
- Hydropic degeneration of basal cells
- Collagenous fibrous tissue replacement of dermis
- Monoclonal band like lymphatic infiltrates
White parchment-like patches of vulvar skin and labial atrophy
Lichen sclerosus (Chronic atrophic vulvitis)
Nonspecific condition arising from rubbing or scratching the skin presents with leukoplakia. (+) expansion of stratum granulosum
Lichen simplex chronicum
Etiologic factors of Condyloma acuminata
HPV 6 and 11
Vulvar cancer with infiltrating tumor characterized by nests and cords of malignant squamous cells
Basaloid carcinoma
Labia majora with maplike pruritic red crusts
Extramammary paget’s disease
Clear cell adenocarcinoma of the vagina
In utero exposure to Diethylstilbestrol (DES)
Derived from wolffian duct presenting with submucosal fluid-filled cyst
Gartner duct cyst
Area of predilection of vaginal cancer
Upper posterior vagina
A malignant embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma that present with polypoid rounded bulky masses projecting out of the vagina.
Sarcoma bortyoides (embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma)
Benign exophytic growths within endocervical canal that present with irregular vaginal bleeding.
Endocervical polyp
HPV strains implicated in cervical cancer
HPV 16, 18, 31, & 33 (can only infect immature cells at the squamocolumnar junction)
Most common histologic subtype of cervical cancer
Squamous cell carcinoma (80%)
Treatment of microinvasive carcinomas
Conization
Tx of invasive cervical ca
Radical hysterectomy with LND
Tx of St IIa-4 Cervical Ca
Radiotherapy
Moat common cause of death in cervical ca
Uremia (consequence of local extension)
Cervical ca screening recommendation
Begin 21yo or 3yrs after onset of sexual activity, annually thereafter
After 30yo with 3 consecutive normal cytology q2-3yrs