Gyn Differentials And Steps Flashcards
Bartholin’s duct cyst/abscess – management?
- If pt over 40, biopsy
- If one-2 cm, leave untreated
- I&D with word catheter, or marsupialization
Ddx - vulvar lesion?
Non-neoplastic - Crohn’s, erythema multiforme, bulbous pemphigoid, plasma cell vulvitis
Neoplastic - SCC, BCC, melanoma, Paget’s
Differential diagnosis for abnormal bleeding without pelvic mass?
Endometrial polyps, endometrial hyperplasia, endometrial cancer, adenomyosis
Differential diagnosis for pelvic mass or uterine enlargement?
Uterine - pregnancy, adenomyosis, gliomyosarcoma, fibroids
Ovary – cyst, neoplasm, TOA
Indications for surgical intervention for fibroids?
- Growth – rapid, after menopause, >12 weeks gestation
- Bleeding - abnormal, secondary amenorrhea, and anemia
- Urinary frequency or retention
- Infertility
Endometrial hyperplasia - diagnosis?
- Endometrial biopsy
2. If equivocal D&C, unless under 30
Endometrial hyperplasia - tx?
Medical:
- Progestin for 3 months
- Repeat biopsy
- 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
Management of a cystic adnexal mass?
- Postmenopausal with cyst greater than 2 cm – exploratory laparotomy
- 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 - Palpable cyst postmenopausal – oophorectomy
Management of endometriosis?
- Pseudopregnancy - NSAIDs, OCP, Provera (use these patients who are not seeking to conceive)
- Pseudo-menopause – danazol (androgen derivative), Lupron
- Conservative surgical therapy – ablation of visible endometriosis
- Definitive surgical therapy – total hysterectomy, Salpingo-oophorectomy, lysis of adhesions,
Patient presents with increasingly heavy menses and pressure on the bladder. Physical exam shows diffusely enlarged uterus which is mildly tender. Diagnosis?
- Pelvic ultrasound initially
- MRI to confirm
Hysterectomy
Differential for adnexal mass?
Ovarian cyst Ectopic pregnancy PID TOA Endometriosis Fibroids Ovarian neoplasm
Management for uterine prolapse?
- Kegels
- In postmenopausal women, Estrogen replacement to improve tissue tone
- Vaginal pressaries
- Surgical - colporrhaphy (repair fascial defect)
Evaluation for incontinence?
- UA, urine culture
- Standing stress test
- Cotton swab test (for hypermobile bladder neck) – indicates stress incontinence
- Cystometrogram – Distinguishes between genuine stress incontinence and detrusor instability
- Uroflowmetry – for patients complaining of hesitancy, incomplete bladder emptying
Treatment for stress incontinence?
- Kegel
- Pessaries
- Alpha adrenergic agents (pseudoephedrine) to increase sphincter tone
- Estrogen to increase sphincter tone
- Surgery to return hypermobile bladder original position
Treatment of detrusor instability?
- Behavior modification (bladder training, Kegel, hypnosis, psychotherapy)
- Anticholinergics
- Beta-adrenergic agonists
- Smooth muscle relaxants
- Tricyclic antidepressants