GU Flashcards

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Most common type of testicular cancer

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Seminoma: best prognosis. Made of germ cells that multiply without differentiation

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Testicular cancer composed of tissue from different germinal layers e.g. teeth, common in children. Can contain all types of tissues!

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Teratoma

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Yolk-sac tumour

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Testicular Cancer common in children and aggressive. Made from germ cells that differentiate into yolk sac tissue

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Non-germ cell tumours

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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
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basement membrane of the prostate

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Sitting within the basement membrane, is a ring of cube-shaped basal cells as well as a few neuroendocrine cells interspersed throughout

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Inner ring of luminar columnar cells

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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.

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prostate specific antigen

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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.

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Most common type of prostate cancer

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Adenocarcinomas are the most common type of prostate cancer, and these most commonly arise from the peripheral zone of the prostate.

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Prostate adenocarcinomas

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They most often results from a genetic mutation in a luminal cell, but can also be a basal cell

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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)
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Bladder cancer removal name

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Cystectomy is a medical term for surgical removal of all or part of the urinary bladder.

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Squamous Cell carcinoma (bladder)

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These tumours typically pop up in multiple locations, and show extensive keratinization.
Typically arise due to chronic inflammation:

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The Genetic mutations in polycystic kidney disease (autosomal dominant)

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PKD1 and PKD2

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Extra-renal manifestations in polycystic kidney disease (autosomal dominant)

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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

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The Genetic mutations in polycystic kidney disease (autosomal recessive)

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PKHD1 mutation on long arm (q) of chromosome 6

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CM of PCKD (AR)

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  • Oligohydramnios,pulmonary hypoplasiaandPotter syndrome
  • Cystic enlargementof therenalcollecting ducts
  • May present with renal failure at birth
  • Congenital liver fibrosis
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Lifestyle management of nephrotic syndrome

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  • Low salt, protein and fat diet**

- Improve cardiovascular risk factors**

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Glomerular Basement Membrane thickening due to diabetes

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On light microscopy, there’s mesangial expansion, glomerular basement membrane thickening and Kimmelstiel-Wilson nodules.

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frothy urine

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CKD and Nephrotic Syndrome

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Urine Dip for CKD

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Proteinuria and haematuria

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ACR for CKD

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a ratio of >3 mg/mmol is clinically significant proteinuria. This test is nowpreferredover other tests such as protein:creatinine ratio or 24-hour urinary collection

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Treatment for neisseria Gonorrhoeae

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Azithromycin is also used with 500mg of ceftriaxone

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the one-way valve that allows urine to flow from each ureter into the bladder

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vesicoureteral orifice

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Leukocyte esterase in pyelonephritis

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produced by neutrophils

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Nitrite in pyelonephritis

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gram negative organisms metabolise nitrates in the urine to nitrites

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Gold standard for pyelonephritis

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Mid-stream urine MCS: white blood cell in the urine. Sometimes white blood cell cast - white blood cells and surrounding inflammatory protein debris is “casted” into the shape of the tubule, which is then peed out

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First line management of pyelonephritis

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Broad-spectrum antibiotic (co-amoxiclav)

Hydration

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What is nephritic syndrome

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Nephritic syndrome is typically caused by inflammation that damages the glomerular basement membrane, leading to haematuria and red blood cell casts in the urine.

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What are the overall clinical manifestations of nephritic syndrome

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  • Haematuria
  • Proteinuria
  • Arterial hypertension
  • Peripheral and peri-orbital oedema
  • Decreased urine output
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blood investigations for nephritic syndrome

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increased creatinine and BUN (blood urea nitrogen)

31
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Nephritic syndrome caused by type 3 hypersensitivity

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  • Post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis
  • IgA nephropathy
  • Diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis
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Post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis

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Post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis (PSGN) is usually an immunologically-mediated delayed consequence of pharyngitis or skin infections caused by streptococcus pyogenes

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what would you see in post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis

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Bloods: low levels of C3 and CH50
Positive streptozyme test confirms recent group A streptococcal infection
-Kidney biopsy:
- On light microscopy: the glomeruli are enlarged and hypercellular.
- On immunofluorescence: IgG, IgM and C3 deposits along the glomerular basement membrane and the mesangium, which create a “starry sky” appearance.

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Iga Nephropathy (nephritic syndrome)

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IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is defined by the presence of dominant or co-dominant mesangial IgA immune deposits, often accompanied by C3 and IgG in association with a mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis of varying severity.

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What would you see in Iga Nephropathy

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Renal biopsy:**definitivediagnosticinvestigation

- On light microscopy: see mesangial proliferation.
- On immunofluorescence: IgA immune complexes in the mesangium
- On electron microscopy: immune complexes are seen in the mesangium.
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Defuse proliferative glomerulonephritis

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Diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis is the most common form of lupus nephritis.
Often caused by systemic lupus erythematosus.
Type 3 Hypersensitivity