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(Journal) HRM - Final Exam Review Flashcards

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Granuloma w/ multinucleated giant cells

Trying to “wall-off” an infection

Caseous necrosis = caused by infection

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Diagnosis?

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Sertoli - only syndrome

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A ____ mass is a palpable breast mass that is 3-dimensional, distinct from surrounding tissues, and asymmetrical relative to the other breast

Persists through menstrual cycle

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Dominant mass

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An ____ mass is often described as an area of vague or indiscrete nodularity or thickening that differs from the surrounding tissue and the finding is not matched in a mirror-image location in the opposite breast.

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Indeterminate

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5
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When should breast cancer screening exams ideally be performed?

(what week)

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The week after menses

(when breast tissue is engorged)

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6
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What type of breast cancer is often silent on mammogram?

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Infiltrative lobular

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7
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Do HER2/neu (+) tumors need oncotype testing? Why?

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NO

(because they are already high-grade by definition)

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8
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Which breast cancer do you NOT use chemotherapy in?

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DCIS

(ductal carcinoma in situ)

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9
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Where do direct inguinal hernias go through?

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Direct = through weakness in the floor of inguinal canal

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Where do indirect inguinal hernias go through?

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Indirect = through inguinal ring

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Ethics:

What 2 topics can youth make decisions on?

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Pregnancy and STD’s

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Ethics:

Pregnant mother can make decisions independent of ____ and implications for health of fetus/child

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Independent of father

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Ethics:

If pregnant woman is under <18 and is a dependent, what is required to happen before obtaining an abortion?

What are 3 exeptions to this?

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Parental notification

(unless there is sexual abuse, physical abuse, or neglect)

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With assisted reproduction, when is sex selection appropriate?

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Only to avoid sex-linked inheritable diseases

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15
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Ethics:

Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis/testing to select for disability is ____ (acceptable, prohibited)

What is an example of this?

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Morally unacceptable but not prohibited

Deaf parents commonly want to have deaf kids since they do not see it as a disability

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Ethics:

Surrogate mothers (to host baby)

What are the 3 requirements in MN for a woman to become a pregnancy surrogate for another woman?

A

Surrogate pregnancy requirements:

  • Age > 21
  • Mental competence
  • Prior pregnancy of their own (b/c surrogacy can lead to infertility)
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What is the most common male cancer?

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Prostate cancer

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18
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What is the 5-year survival rate for prostate cancer if it is local at the time of diagnosis?

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100%

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19
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What race is more common to have prostate cancer?

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African americans

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20
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Men with a ____ (relative) or ___ (relative) who has prostate cancer are 2.4x as likely to develop prostate cancer themselves

A

Father or brother

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Male relatives of patients with ____ (other cancer) have a higher incidence of prostate cancer

Why?

A

Breast cancer

Increased if BRCA1 and BRCA2 carrier

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What tumor suppressor gene associated with breast cancer, prostate cancer, and endometrial cancer?

What chromosome?

A

PTEN (on chromosome 10)

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23
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~ 70% of men with prostate cancer have lost one copy of what gene at diagnosis?

A

PTEN (on chromosome 10)

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24
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sufficient dietary ____ is protective against prostate cancer

25
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Men with high plasma levels of what hormone are at increased risk for prostate cancer?

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Testosterone

(low testosterone may have a protective effect)

26
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When prescribing testosterone replacement, what cancer must you increase the screening for?

A

Prostate cancer

27
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What is the primary intra-prostatic androgen for cell growth?

Where is it made?

A

DHT

testosterone is converted by 5-alpha reductase to DHT in the prostate

28
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___ (agent orange) exposure is associated with an increased risk for prostate cancer

29
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In the SELECT study, how does Selenium and Vitamin E affect risk of prostate cancer?

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NO CHANGE in risk

30
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What is selenium used as a cofactor for?

A

Glutathione peroxidase

31
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What 2 drugs can reduce the risk of prostate cancer?

A

Finasteride

Dutasteride

(5a-reductase inhibitors)

32
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What are 4 things that can cause an increase in PSA (protein sensitive antigen)?

A

Prostate cancer

BPH

Prostatitis

Digital rectal exam (DRE)

33
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Which is better at detecting prostate cancer: PSA or DRE?

(Protein-Sensitive Antigen or Digital Rectal Exam)

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PSA is better

(although it’s possible that PSA could miss a prostate cancer that a DRE would have picked up)

34
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What is a normal PSA level?

35
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A lower % of free PSA increases what risk?

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A lower % of free PSA = INCREASED cancer risk

36
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What part of the prostate does cancer arise?

A

Peripheral zone

“Peripheral prostate cancer”

37
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What are 2 drugs for hormonal therapy of prostate cancer?

MOA’s?

A

Leuprolide

(GnRH analog) - admistered continously

(downregulates ↓ GnRH receptor →↓ FSH + LH)

Flutamide

(androgen receptor antagonist)

38
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What best reflects a patient’s hormone status?

(Free T4 vs total T4)

39
Q

In post-partum thyroiditis, what occurs first?

(thyrotoxicosis or hypothyroidism)

A

Thyrotoxicosis

40
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What are risk factors for osteoporosis?

A
  • Female gender
  • petite body frame
  • White or Asian
  • Smoking
  • Alcohol
  • Sedentary
  • Nulliparity
  • Old age
  • High caffeine intake
  • Renal disease
  • Postmenopausal status
41
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What age is bone mineral density (BMD) testing recommended in women? Men?

What if their is concern given their risk factors?

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Women = 65+

Men = 70+

If has risk factors = 50+

42
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When to start osteoporosis Tx if there is a hip or vertebral fracture?

A

Always start right away

43
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Which bone mineral density scan score is compared to young adult?

What levels indicate osteopenia?

What levels indicated osteoporosis?

A

T-score

“young adul-T”

Between -1 and -2.5 = osteopenia

Less than 2.5 = osteoporosis

44
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Which bone mineral density scan score is compared to someone of same age/sex/race?

A

Z-score

“Z = zame age”

45
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Which synthetic glucocorticoid also ha very strong mineralocorticoid effects?

A

Fludrocortisone

46
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_____ inhibits CYP450scc, used to tx Cushing syndrome (Cushing disease and ectopic ACTH-secreting tumors)

A

Ketoconazole

47
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What is the treatment for Cushing syndrome?

A

Ketoconazole

48
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What are renin levels in primary hyperaldosteronism?

How do the adrenal glands change?

A

High aldosterone (duh)

Low renin

Bilateral adrenal hyperplasia

49
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What syndrome cause a unilaterally enlarged adrenal gland + high aldosterone + low renin?

A

Conn Syndrome

(adrenal adenoma)

type of primary hyperaldosteronism

50
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What type of acute adrenal insufficiency has hemorrhagic necrosis of the adrenal glands stemming from infection with Neisseria Meningitidis

A

Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome

51
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What type of hyaline change is a sign of Cushing disease?

A

Crook hyaline change

52
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What syndrome has mutation of AIRE gene + IL-17 antibodies?

A

Autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome 1

53
Q

What is the posterior pituitary derived from?

(embryologically)

A

Neural crest (ectoderm)

54
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What is the adrenal medulla derived from?

(embryologically)

A

Neural crest (ectoderm)

55
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What is the adrenal cortex derived from?

(embryologically)

A

Mesoderm

(like the rest of the GI tract)

56
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Child w/ VMA + HVA in urine + Homer-Wright rosettes + small blue cell tumor

Diagnosis?

A

Neuroblastoma

57
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What are the 3 P’s of MEN-1?

A
  • Pituitary tumors
  • Parathyroid adenomas
  • Pancreas endocrine tumors
58
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What are the components of MEN-2A and MEN2B?

What mutation is associated with these?

A
  • MEN-2A: (RET mutation) = MPP
    • Medullary thyroid carcinoma (parafollicular C cell proliferation – secrete calcitonin)
    • Pheochromocytoma
    • Parathyroid adenomas
  • MEN-2B: (RET mutation) = MPG
    • Medullary thyroid carcinoma
    • Pheochromocytoma
    • Gangliomas of the oral mucosa

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