GU 2 - Male Conditions Flashcards
MC benign enlargement/tumor of prostate
BPH
BPH requires what two things for PE?
- DRE
2. PSA w/o prostate massaging before testing
Must also perform a _____ to r/o prostatitis in BPH
C&S
____ Drug class (ex. ____) to relax smooth muscle of bladder and prostate but DOES NOT reduce the size of the prostate in BPH
Alpha blockers drug class ex. is Tamsulosin
____ Drug class (ex. ____) to block conversion of testosterone to DHT to reduce the size of the prostate in BPH
5-alpha reductase inhibitors
ex. is finasteride
OTC dietary supplement for BPH that is sometimes used with variable efficacy
saw plametto
is chronic or acute prostatitis more common?
chronic
prostatitis organisms > 35 y/o
E.coli, Kleb, Proteus, other GNR
prostatitis organisms < 35 y/o
gonorrhea and chlamydia
none organism cause of prostatitis
reflux of infected urine back into urethra and into ascending parts usually secondary to cath usage
acute or chronic prostatitis is ASx?
chronic
DRE of prostatitis
acute: boggy, tender prostate
chronic: enlarged, nontender
ABX duration of prostatitis
28 - 30 days
MC prostate cancer type
adenocarcinoma
urinary retention, back pain, hematuria, bone pain in a male
prostate cancer
Most prostate cancer is ___ in the beginning. (clinical manifestations)
ASx
Once the Sx appear for prostate cancer, you start to see _____ sx and it’s quite common for the cancer to have ____.
Bone pain sx
common for the cancer to have spread/metastasized to lymph nodes/bones (spine/pelvis)
DRE shows hard, nodular, asymmetrical, irregular prostate
prostate cancer
PSA does not = ____
prostate cancer
best diagnostic study for prostate cancer
transrectal U/S with a biopsy if indicated in different areas of prostate
prostate cancer is a ______ type of cancer
slow metastasizing cancer
Patient is > 65 and has prostate cancer. What’s the best way to manage?
Watchful waiting
heavy scrotum, herniation into scrotum, filariasis
hydrocele
Hydroceles are usually ____
congenital
Collection of fluid in serous scrotal space between the layers of tunica vaginalis
hydrocele
communicating hydrocele
fluid from peritoneum enters the hydrocele and flows back and forth freely
non-communicating hydrocele
herniation of thickened cord above testicle on affected side (no free fluid movement)
Hydrocele’s do or do not transilluminate?
DO transilluminate
tropical infection with filariasis
can cause a hydrocele
transillumination, bag of worms, varicosities
varicocele
Varicose veins that drain into internal spermatic veins
varicocele
Bag of worms posterior and superior to testes
varicocele
round soft painless mass above and behind testicle
spermatocele