Gynecology Flashcards
First test to perform when a women presents with amenorrhea
b-HCG
Most common cause of amenorrhea is pregnancy
Term for heavy bleeding during and between menstrual periods
Menometrorrhagia
Cause of amenorrhea with normal prolactin, no response to estrogen-progesterone challenge, and a history of D&C
Asherman’s Sydrome
Therapy for polycystic ovarian syndrome
Weight loss and OCPs
Medication used to induce ovulation
Clomiphene Citrate
Diagnostic step required in a post menopausal women who presents with vaginal bleeding
Endometrial biopsy
Indications for medical treatment of ectopic pregnancy
Stable
Unruptured ectopic pregnancy of <6 weeks gestation
Medical options for endometriosis
OCP
Danazol
GnRH agonists
Laparoscopic findings in endometriosis
Chocolate cysts
Powder burns
Most common location for an ectopic pregnancy
Ampulla of the oviduct
How to diagnose and follow a leiomyoma
U/S
Natural history of a leiomyoma
Regresses after metopause
Pt has increase vaginal discharge and petechial patches in the upper vagina and cervix
Trichomonas Vaginitis
Tx for bacterial vaginosis
Oral or topical metronidazole
The most common cause of bloody nipple discharge
Intraductal papilloma
Contraceptive methods that protect against PID
OCPs and a barrier contraception
Unopposed estrogen is contraindicated in which cancers?
Endometrial or estrogen receptor -
+ breast cancer
Pt presents with recent PID with RUQ pain
Consider Fitz-Hugh-Curtis Syndrome
Breast malignancy presenting as itching, burning, and erosion of the nipple
Paget’s Disease
Annual screening for women with a strong family hx of ovarian cancer
CA-125
Transvaginal U/S
50 y/o women leaks urine when laughing or coughing.
Non-surgical options
Kegal exercises
Estrogen
Pessaries for stress incontinence
30 year old women has unpredictable urine loss
Examination is normal
Medical options
Anticholinergics or B-adrenergics for urge incontinence
Lab values suggestive of menopause
Increase serum FSH
Most common cause of female infertility
Endometriosis
Two consecutive findings of atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS) on pap smear
Follow up evaluation?
Colposcopy and Endocervical Curettage
Breast Cancer type that increases the future risk of invasive carcinoma in both breasts
Lobular carcinoma in situ