Gyn Differentials And Steps Flashcards

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Bartholin’s duct cyst/abscess – management?

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  1. If pt over 40, biopsy
  2. If one-2 cm, leave untreated
  3. I&D with word catheter, or marsupialization
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Ddx - vulvar lesion?

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Non-neoplastic - Crohn’s, erythema multiforme, bulbous pemphigoid, plasma cell vulvitis

Neoplastic - SCC, BCC, melanoma, Paget’s

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Differential diagnosis for abnormal bleeding without pelvic mass?

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Endometrial polyps, endometrial hyperplasia, endometrial cancer, adenomyosis

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Differential diagnosis for pelvic mass or uterine enlargement?

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Uterine - pregnancy, adenomyosis, gliomyosarcoma, fibroids

Ovary – cyst, neoplasm, TOA

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Indications for surgical intervention for fibroids?

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  1. Growth – rapid, after menopause, >12 weeks gestation
  2. Bleeding - abnormal, secondary amenorrhea, and anemia
  3. Urinary frequency or retention
  4. Infertility
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Endometrial hyperplasia - diagnosis?

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  1. Endometrial biopsy

2. If equivocal D&C, unless under 30

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Endometrial hyperplasia - tx?

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Medical:

  1. Progestin for 3 months
  2. Repeat biopsy
  3. Repeat progestin if needed
Surgical:
1. If without atypia, D&C
2. If atypical complex
 a. hysterectomy 
 B. If want to keep fertility, curettage, long term progestin, ovulation induction
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Management of a cystic adnexal mass?

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  1. Postmenopausal with cyst greater than 2 cm – exploratory laparotomy
  2. Reproductive age
    a. Less than 6 cm – observe for two months then repeat US
    b. 6-8 cm – observe if unilocular, explore if multilocular or solid on ultrasound
    c. Greater than 8 cm – cystectomy
  3. Palpable cyst postmenopausal – oophorectomy
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Management of endometriosis?

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  1. Pseudopregnancy - NSAIDs, OCP, Provera (use these patients who are not seeking to conceive)
  2. Pseudo-menopause – danazol (androgen derivative), Lupron
  3. Conservative surgical therapy – ablation of visible endometriosis
  4. Definitive surgical therapy – total hysterectomy, Salpingo-oophorectomy, lysis of adhesions,
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Patient presents with increasingly heavy menses and pressure on the bladder. Physical exam shows diffusely enlarged uterus which is mildly tender. Diagnosis?

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  1. Pelvic ultrasound initially
  2. MRI to confirm

Hysterectomy

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Differential for adnexal mass?

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Ovarian cyst
Ectopic pregnancy
PID
TOA
Endometriosis
Fibroids
Ovarian neoplasm
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Management for uterine prolapse?

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  1. Kegels
  2. In postmenopausal women, Estrogen replacement to improve tissue tone
  3. Vaginal pressaries
  4. Surgical - colporrhaphy (repair fascial defect)
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Evaluation for incontinence?

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  1. UA, urine culture
  2. Standing stress test
  3. Cotton swab test (for hypermobile bladder neck) – indicates stress incontinence
  4. Cystometrogram – Distinguishes between genuine stress incontinence and detrusor instability
  5. Uroflowmetry – for patients complaining of hesitancy, incomplete bladder emptying
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Treatment for stress incontinence?

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  1. Kegel
  2. Pessaries
  3. Alpha adrenergic agents (pseudoephedrine) to increase sphincter tone
  4. Estrogen to increase sphincter tone
  5. Surgery to return hypermobile bladder original position
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Treatment of detrusor instability?

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  1. Behavior modification (bladder training, Kegel, hypnosis, psychotherapy)
  2. Anticholinergics
  3. Beta-adrenergic agonists
  4. Smooth muscle relaxants
  5. Tricyclic antidepressants
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Diagnosis of total incontinence?

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  1. Methylene blue dye instilled in the bladder leaks if vesicovaginal fistula
  2. Indigo Carmine IV will leak if you ureterovaginal fistula
  3. Cystourethroscopy to identify number and location of fistulas
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Total incontinence – treatment?

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  1. Surgery – obstetric fistula can be repaired immediately but surgical facilities must wait 3 to 6 months
  2. If waiting period, give antibiotics and estrogen
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Differential for primary amenorrhea?

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  1. Outflow tract abnormalities – imperforate hymen, transverse vaginal septum, vaginal agenesis, uterine agenesis
  2. End organ disorders – ovarian agenesis, ovarian failure, turners
  3. Central disorders – Kallmann syndrome, hypothalamic (compression, TB, radiation, sarcoidosis)
  4. Pituitary – surgery/radiation , hemosiderosis
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Causes of primary gonadal failure?

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  1. Enzyme defects
  2. Testicular regression syndrome
  3. True hermaphrodite
  4. Gonadal dysgenesis – turners, Swyers
  5. Ovarian resistance – savages
  6. Postinfection (mumps).
  7. radiation/chemotherapy