Gynecologic path- Nichols

Question 1

Uterine cervical squamous epithelium (normal) description

Answer 1

Single layer of basal cells
As the cells get higher, they get flatter
Cytoplasm has tons of glycogen in it

Question 2

Dysplasia causes cells in the epithelial layer (top) to look more like?

Answer 2

Basal cells

Question 3

Triple negative breast cancer is twice as common in what race

Answer 3

blacks

Question 4

Triple negative BC is more common in what age group

Answer 4

younger, premenopause

Question 5

Triple neg bc is more common in

Answer 5

blacks, younger, obese, children at a younger age

Question 6

70% of pts with a …. mutation get triple neg BC

Answer 6

BRCA

Question 7

Triple negative is bad

Answer 7

highly malignant, higher stage, higher grade at presentation

Question 8

Triple neg most commonly mets to where?

Answer 8

brain, lung, liver, distant nodes, less commonly to bone