Lecture 4b Flashcards
what is cervical dysplasia and mc age
abnormal cells of the cervix that can become cancerous
mc 25-35
Mc cause of cervical dysplasia
HPV (99.7% of the time)
What does a PAP test do
used to detect pre cancerous cells before they progress to invasive cancer (considers squamous intraepithelial lesions that can be;
Low grade
high grade
possible cancerous
atypical glanular
if abnormal cells are found during PAP what are the two courses of action
- wait and watch and perform another PAP in given amount of time
- Biopsy to determine grade
Classifications of cervical dysplasia (3)
- Mild dysplasia
- Mod to marked dysplasia
- Severe dysplasia to carcinoma in situ
risk factors of cervical dysplasia
-having sex before 18
-having bad before 16
having multiple sex partners
-smoing
tx for cervical dysplasia
cryosurgery
laser therapy
loop electrosurgical excision
surgery to remove abnormal tussye
cervical cancer is the ____ mc cancer among women `
4th
Symptoms of cervical cancer
no symptoms! may go unnoticed
what are the 3 prevention strats for cervical cancer
primary- HPV vaccine
Secondary- screening/ tx
Tertiary- invasive cancers tx as needed
What is the primary prevention of cervical cancer
HPV vac between 9-26
how common are fibroids
common growths affecting 20-80%
what are fibroids and what it their growth dependent on
benign tumors that originate from uterine smooth mm tissue (myometrium)
-growth dependent on estrogen/progesterone
symptoms of fibroids
70% asymptomatic but can cause; -Abnormal uterine bleeding -excessive bleeding (mc) -pelvic pressure -bowel dysfunction -urinary retention/frequency etc
What are the types of fibroids
pedunculate fibroid tumor- more severe symptoms
(further broken down to subserosal and submucosal)
Intramural- growth in wall of uterus (mc)
Cervical fibroid (found in cervix of the uterus)
