female reproductive Flashcards
estrogen is made in:
corpus luteum
estrogen cause proliferation of:
stroma, blood vessels, endometrium
function of progesterone:
store food in granular cells
commonest causes of vaginal bleeding
hormonal disorders, genital neoplasia
types of genital neoplasia?
fibroids, endometrial disease, cervical disease
most common benign tumour of myometrium
fibroids
___% women have uterine fibroids
20
what is DUB?
dysfunctional uterine bleeding caused by absence of well-defined organic lesion in the uterus
DUB characterized by:
anovulation
endometrial hyerplasia caused by:
xs of estrogen (continuous proliferative phase)–>anovulatory cycles around menopause, exogenous estrogen, PCOS
types of endometrial hyperplasia:
simple, complex, complex with atypia
two types endometrial carcinoma
endometrioid, serous
risk factors of endometrioid?
obesity, diabetes, hypertension, infertility, age 55-65
risk factors for serous?
> 70 yrs age
serous has a good or bad prognosis?
Bad, it’s high grade carcinoma
20% of malignant tumours of female repro tract
carcinoma of cervix