Kaplan Path Flashcards
Severe perimenstrual pain and nonfocal thickening of the myometrium. Ultrasound of pelvic organs shows nonfocal thickening of myometrium.
Adenomyosis
Characteristic histo of adenomyosis.
Characterizedby the presence of endometrial glands int he myometrium of the uterus.
What causes the pain and bleeding in adenomyosis?
Pain due to cyclic breaking down of glands and bleeding into the myometrium.
In a patient with amenorrhea, a very shallow vagina, and no obvious uterus and cervix, suspect ___ and look for ____ in the labia that might be abnormal testes?
Suspect testicular feminization (possibly due to presence of Mullerian Inhibitor Factor during early fetal life).
Look for palpable mass in labia that might be abnomral tests.
A 26 year old woman presents with hyperthyroid symptoms (normal TSH and inc T4)and a palpable abdominal mass. What does she have?
Monodermal teratoma form of mature teratoms of the ovary. This form (struma ovarii) produces abundant mature thyroid tissue, typically not under TSH control.
Most common form of mature teratoma?
Dermoid cyst
Suspects _____ in a breastfeeding pt who develops breast tenderness and swelling. Most likely etiology?
Acute mastoiditis. Staph aureus infection.
Suspect ___ in a pt with lower abdominal pain, vaginal discharge, adnexal tenderness, and tenderness with cervical motion.
PID
PID may be due to what four main infections?
N. gonorrhoeae, C. trachomatis, vaginal anaerobes, facultative gram(-) rods
Complications of PID.
Sterility, ectopic tubal pregnancy, bacteremia, peritonitis, intestinal obstruction.
In high grade dysplasia of the cervix, dysplastic cells show what?
- High nuclear:cytoplasmic ratio (big nucleus).
- Confined to epithelium
- Involve full thickness of surface epithelium
If a pt is lost to followup for 2 years following dx of high grade dysplasia of the cerivx, ___% persist and a small% possibly progress to ___.
60% persist and a small% possibly progress to invasive Ca.
Ca of breast that are positive for ER/PR have what prognosis and why? What do positive stains mainfest as?
Better because they may respond to tamoxifen - an ER antagonist.
(+)=brown stain
- Grading of breast cancer is based on ____.
- Staging is based on ____.
- HER2 and ER/PR have what value?
- Histologic features
- Distribution of disease
- Prognostic value (natural h of dz) and predictive value (response to therapy)
HER2 testing is done to decide whether pts will receive ___ therapy (and its MOA).
trastuzumab, a MOab (but they are aggressive tumors)
Name this: A patient presents with a whitish patch or plaque, lump, ulcer, or wart-like growth. Biopsy shows invasion of vulvar dermal-epidermal junction by disordered squamous epithelial cells.
Vulvar SCCa
Precursors to Vulvar SCCa
Vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia (VIN), condyloma, spontaneous
Most common predisposing factor for tubal pregnancy.
PID (also endometriosis, IUD, leiomyoma, and previous pelvic surgery)
Edema, HTN, proteinuria
Preeclampsia
What is HELLP?
Manifestation of severe Preeclampsia with: Hematuria, Elevated Liver enzymes, Low Platelets
Etiology of Preeclampsia
Develops secondary to placental ischemia.