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Most common type of testicular cancer
Seminoma: best prognosis. Made of germ cells that multiply without differentiation
Testicular cancer composed of tissue from different germinal layers e.g. teeth, common in children. Can contain all types of tissues!
Teratoma
Yolk-sac tumour
Testicular Cancer common in children and aggressive. Made from germ cells that differentiate into yolk sac tissue
Non-germ cell tumours
Arise from diploid sex-cord stroma cells.
- Leydig cell tumours:** androgen secreting. Testosterone causes premature puberty. Excess oestrogen can cause delayed puberty and feminisation
- Sertoli cell tumour: usually clinically silent and benign
basement membrane of the prostate
Sitting within the basement membrane, is a ring of cube-shaped basal cells as well as a few neuroendocrine cells interspersed throughout
Inner ring of luminar columnar cells
Luminal cells secrete substances into the prostatic fluid, that make it slightly alkaline that give it nutrients which nourish the sperm and help it survive in the acidic environment of the vagina.
prostate specific antigen
The luminal cells also produce prostate specific antigen, or PSA, which helps to liquefy the gel-like semen after ejaculation, thereby freeing the sperm to swim.
Most common type of prostate cancer
Adenocarcinomas are the most common type of prostate cancer, and these most commonly arise from the peripheral zone of the prostate.
Prostate adenocarcinomas
They most often results from a genetic mutation in a luminal cell, but can also be a basal cell
Gold standard for prostate cancer
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Multiparametric MRI: first line for suspected localised cancer
(Previously,transrectal ultrasound (TRUS)-guided needle biopsywas the gold-standard diagnostic investigation)
Bladder cancer removal name
Cystectomy is a medical term for surgical removal of all or part of the urinary bladder.
Squamous Cell carcinoma (bladder)
These tumours typically pop up in multiple locations, and show extensive keratinization.
Typically arise due to chronic inflammation:
The Genetic mutations in polycystic kidney disease (autosomal dominant)
PKD1 and PKD2
Extra-renal manifestations in polycystic kidney disease (autosomal dominant)
Patients can have cysts that are typically benign pop up in the liver, seminal vesicles, and pancreas.
The vasculature can also be affected, for example individuals might develop aorticroot dilation which can lead to heart failure, and have berry aneurysmsof the cerebral arteries, usually in the Circle of Willis. These aneurysmscan have a thin wall, allowing them to rupture and develop into a subarachnoid haemorrhage
The Genetic mutations in polycystic kidney disease (autosomal recessive)
PKHD1 mutation on long arm (q) of chromosome 6