irrregular mestrual bleeding Flashcards
list the premenarchal causes of abnormal uterine bleeding
- Foreign body/ Sexual abuse=> trauma
- Precocious puberty=> increased estrogen
- Cancer e.g.
- vesico/cervical
- sarcoma butyroides
- adrenal tumors=> increase androgens=>increased estrogen
what is
Sarcoma botryoides or botryoid sarcoma is
a subtype of embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma, that can be observed in the walls of hollow, mucosa lined structures such as the nasopharynx, common bile duct, urinary bladder of infants and young children or the vagina in females, typically younger than age 8.
diagnostic procedures for premenarchal AUB
pelvic exam to I.D foreign body
CT/MRI of pelvis and abdomen
classification of postmenopausal causes of irregular menstrual bleeding
Benign
- atrophy of uterus, cervix, vagina
Malignant
- ovarian, cervical, vaginal vulva
Iatrogenic
- HRT(increased prolif)
- Anticoagulant medication
what do you expect to find in physical exam of PMP woman w/ AUB
- atrophy
- look for location of bleeding as sometunes rectal
investigations for AUB in PMP
pap smear to rule out cervical cancer
U.S of endometrium to see the endometrial stripe
biopsy of endometrium to rule out endometrial cancer
how would you treat AUB d/2 atrophy
topical estrogens
causes of AUB in reproductive women
(6)
- pregnancy
- growths
- iatrogenic causes
- infectious causes
- systemic diseases
- DUB
pregnancy related causes of AUB
- normal pregnancy
- ectopic pregnancy
- molar pregnancy
- abortion
growth related causes of AUB
- Leiyomyoma ==> rx w/ uterine artery embolization
- Endometrial polyps
iatrogenic causes of AUB
- IUD’s
- OCP
- Tamoxifen causes abnormal bleeds as side effect
- Anticoagulants causing excessive mestrual bleeds
Infectious causes of AUB
- Endometritis
- Bacterial vaginosis
- PID
Systemic causes of AUB
- Coagulopathies (vwd, Tcp, hemophillia)
- Liver failure=> insuff clotting factors
- Kidney failure=>
- Thyroid disorders
- hyper: short light flow
- hypo: long heavy flow
what is dysfunctional uterine bleeding (DUB)
- Abnormal Uterine Bleeding w/o an identifiable cause
- basically idiopathic
- diagnosis of exclusion
how to exclude DUB
- Thorough history especiallly Pharm hx (iatrogenic)
- b-hcg test (preg)
- urine analysis (PID)
- Blood tests
- CBC (coagulopathies)
- Liver,Kidney,Thyroid func test
- Pap smeart (cervical ca)
- Colposcopy (cervical ca, infections)
- US(endometrial prolf, growth)
- D&C
- Hysteroscopy (growth)