FGT Flashcards
Means “disordered growth”
Dysplasia
Characterized by a constellation of changes that include a loss in the uniformity of the individual cells as well as a loss in their architectural orientation
Dysplasia
Dysplastic change that involve the full thickness of the epithelium, but the lesion does not penetrate the basement membrane
Carcinoma in situ
Accounts for 60% of cases of carcinoma in situ
Human Papilloma virus 16
Accounts for 10% of cases of carcinoma in situ
HPV 18
HPV infects?
Immature basal cells or immature metaplastic squamous cells
Prevents cell cycle arrest in carcinoma in situ, cervix
HPV E6 and E7 protein
The most common histologic subtype, accounting for approx 80% of cases
Squamous cell carcinoma, cervix
Risk factor of SCCA, cervix
HPV infection
The most common invasive cancer of the FGT
Endometrial carcinoma
What patters does endometrioid adenocarcinomas demonstrate?
Glandular growth patterns
Histologic grade of endometrioid adenocarcinomas
1. Grade 1
2. Grade 2
3. Grade 3
- Well differentiated - composed almost entirely of well formed glands
- Moderately differentiated - shows well - formed glands, composed of solid sheets of cells, make up 50% or less of the tumor
- Poorly differentiated - greater than 50% solid growth patterns
Benign smooth muscle neoplasms that may occur singly, but more often are multiple
Leiomyoma
Where can leiomyoma occur?
Within the myometrium (intramural)
Beneath the endometrium (submucosal)
Beneath the serosa (subserosal)
are sharply circumscribed, discrete, round, firm, gray-white tumors varying in size from small, barely visible nodules to massive tumors that fill the pelvis
Leiomyomas
Uncommon malignant neoplasm that arise from the myometrium or endometrial stromal precursor rather than leiomyoma
Leiomyosarcoma
Peak age of leiomyosarcoma and where can it occur?
Peak age: 40-60yo
Occur: before and after menopause
Metastasis of leiomyosarcoma
Hematogenous
Distinction between leiomyoma and leiomyosarcoma
Nuclear atypia
Mitotic index (10 or more per 10 high power field)
Zonal necrosis
Fallopian tube inflammations
Suppurative salpingitis and tuberculous salpingitis