Female Reproductive System Tumors Flashcards
Withrow 2019 - Chapter 27
What is the most common feline ovarian tumor?
GTCTs (granulosa thecal cell tumors)
Are feline ovarian tumors typically functional or not? If yes what hormones?
Yes - estrogen, progesterone, or testosterone
What clinical signs are most common with canine ovarian tumors?
Space occupying abdominal mass signs
Describe the typical ultrasonographic appearance of malignant ovarian tumors? Benign?
Malignant - solid
Benign - cystic with smooth borders
What is the treatment of choice for ovarian tumors?
Complete OHE
What role does chemotherapy play in the treatment of ovarian tumors?
Unclear, may use intra-abdominal carboplatin to treat malignant effusions
Which factors for human ovarian cancer are linked to lower rates of occurrence?
Women who have given birth to children, breastfeeding, oral contraceptive use
Other clinical signs noted for vaginal/vulvar tumors
Vaginal bleeding/discharge, dysuria, hematuria, tenesmus, constipation, excessive vulvar licking, dystocia
Germline mutations of which gene(s) are linked to familial ovarian cancer?
BRCA1, BRCA2
Why is epithelial ovarian cancer the leading cause of gynecologic cancer mortality?
70% women present with advanced disease
Diagnostics for vaginal/vulvar tumors
Vaginal and rectal palpation, vaginoscopic examination, vaginal cytology, retrograde vaginography or uretheocystography, TXR, AUS
Which chemotherapy agents are used in human medicine for treatment of ovarian tumors?
Platinum agents, taxanes
What is the most important predictor of prognosis for women with ovarian cancer?
Stage
Treatment of choice for most vaginal/vulvar tumors
Surgical excision with OHE
Prognosis for vaginal/vulvar tumors
Surgical excision and OHE - curative for benign tumors
Guarded for malignant tumors d/t high rates of local recurrence and metastasis
Epithelial tumors of the ovary arise from which surface?
outer surface
List the malignant histological patterns of epithelial ovarian tumors (3)
- papillary adenocarcinoma
- tubular adenocarcinoma
- undifferentiated carcinoma
List three benign epithelial ovarian tumors
- rete adenoma
- papillary adenoma
- cystadenoma
What percent of ovarian adenocarcinomas metastasize? What location is most likely?
48%; peritoneal cavity (intrabdominal lymph nodes, omentum, and liver)
Are ovarian carcinomas most commonly unilateral or bilateral?
unilateral (bilateral has been described)