Female Repro 2 Flashcards
Which tumor is composed of primitive spindle rhabdomyoblasts in a dense zone beneath the vaginal epithelium (AKA Cambium layer)
Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma (Sarcoma Botryoides)
How is Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma (Sarcoma Botryoides) usually detected?
How is it treated?
Detected due to spotting on the diaper
Tx- wide excision of the tumor and chemo
The following is describing what?
- w/ age, the mucinous columnar epithelium undergoes squamous metaplasia and is replaced (transformed) into strat. squamous epithelium
- result- the new squamocolumnar junction is located at the internal os
- area b/w the original squamocolumnar junction on the exocervix and the new squamocolumnar junction at the internal os is the __________
the cervical “Transformation zone”
The normal squamocolumnar junction is the anatomical junction of the______ and the ______ epithelia,
squamous and the mucinous
the external os is the Macroscopically visible junction between the ______ and ______
exocervix and endocervix
Cells in which zone are sampled in a pap smear
Cell from the cervical transformation zone
______ _______ is he study of normal and disease-altered desquamated cells from various body sites.
Exfoliative cytology
The ______ _______ is the cervical cytological test where the most superficial epithelial cells are exfoliated
PAP smear
_______ is an effective screening procedure for the early detection of premalignant and malignant cervical lesions.
The pap smear
________ is inflammation of the cervix
related to its constant exposure to the bacterial flora in the vagina.
Cervicitis
Cervicitis results from infection w/ many microorganisms, particularly what organisms?
Which two are most common?
- Particularly the endogenous vaginal aerobes and anaerobes:
- MC are Strept and Staph
- less common:
- Chlamydia
- Neisseria
- Herpes
What is seen on examination w/ acute cervicitis?
•cervix is grossly red, swollen, and edematous, with copious amounts of pus dripping from the external or internal os.
Microscopically, the tissue in acute cervicitis exhibits what?
the tissue exhibits an extensive infiltrate of polymorphonuclear leukocytes and stromal edema.
Is acute or chronic cervicitis more common?
chronic