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# US EndoRepro2 Exam I > Lecture 8.1: Gestational and Placental Disorders > Flashcards

Lecture 8.1: Gestational and Placental Disorders Flashcards

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Spontaneous abortion (aka miscarriage) is defined as pregnancy loss before ______ weeks of gestation

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20 weeks of gestation (most often occurs before week 12)

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What are 2 common fetal chromosomal anomalies associated with spontaneous abortion?

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Turner Syndrome (45, XO) and trisomy 16

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What are some maternal endocrine factors which may lead to spontaneous abortion?

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  • Luteal-phase defect
  • Poorly controlled diabetes
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Which systemic disorder of the vascular is associated with spontaneous abortions and a false positive syphilis test?

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Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome

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What is the most important predisposing condition (35-50%) for ectopic pregnancy?

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Chronic salpingitis secondary to PID –> intralumenal fallopian tube scarring

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What are some of the risk factors for ectopic pregnacy?

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  • Chronic salpingitis secondary to PID
  • Scarring of fallopian tubes due to: appendicits, endometriosis, and/or prior surgery
  • IUD use = 2x ↑ risk
  • Smoking
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Why is it important to recognize a potential ectopic pregnancy?

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  • Rupture of tubal pregnancy = emergency!
  • May lead to intraperitoneal hemorrhage –> hemorrhagic shock –> DEATH!
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Diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy is based on what?

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  • ↑ serum levels of hCG
  • Pelvic sonography
  • Endometrial biopsy showing decidua w/o chorionic villi or implantation site
  • Laparoscopy
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Typical clinical presentation of ectopic pregnancy?

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Onset of moderate-severe abdominal pain + vaginal bleeding 6-8 weeks after last menstrual period

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What are the 3 basic types of twin placentas?

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  • Diamnionic dichorionic (may be fused)
  • Diamnionic monochorionic
  • Monoamnionic monochorionic
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Twin-twin transfusion syndrome is a complication of what type of twin placenta; what occurs in this syndrome?

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  • Complication of monochorionic twin pregnancy
  • Monochorionic placentas have vascular anastomoses that connect the circulation of each fetus; sometimes including one or more AV shunts
  • Shunt preferentially ↑ blood flow to one twin (polyhydramnios) at expense of other (oligohydramnios)
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What is the placenta previa; leads to what complications?

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  • Placenta implants in lower uterine segment or cervix, often leads to serious 3rd trimester bleeding
  • Complete placenta previa covers internal cervical os and requires delivery via C-section
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What is placenta accreta; leads to what complication?

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  • Partial or complete absence of the decidua, such that placental villous tissue adheres directly to myometrium
  • Leads to failure of placental separation at birth —> important cause of severe, life-threatening postpartum bleeding
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Which pathway is the most common for placental infections and is caused by what?

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Ascending infections caused by bacteria i.e., Gonorrhea and Chlamydia

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Preeclampsia is what type of syndrome and due to dysfunction of what?

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SYSTEMIC syndrome due to endothelial dysfunction

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What is the triad of preeclampsia?

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  1. HTN (endothelial dysf. –> vasoconstriction)
  2. Edema (↑ vascular permeability)
  3. Proteinuria (↑ vascular permeability)
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Development of what makes preeclampsia become eclampsia?

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Develop hyperreflexia and convulsions

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Preeclampsia usually occurs in what trimester and which women are at greater risk?

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  • Third trimester (after 34 weeks gestation)
  • Most common in primiparas (women pregnant for 1st time)
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How is preeclampsia distinguished from gestational HTN?

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Gestational HTN lacks proteinuria

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Some women w/ severe preeclampsia can develop HELLP syndrome, which stands for what?

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  • Microangiopathic Hemolytic anemia
  • _E_levated _L_iver enzymes
  • _L_ow _p_latelets
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Abnormal placental vasculature formation as part of the pathogenesis of preeclampsia is due to what 2 major events?

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  • Abnormal trophoblastic implantation
  • Failure of physiologic remodeling of the maternal vessels
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In response to hypoxia the ischemic placenta releases what 2 placenta-derived antiangiogenic factors into maternal circulation and what does each antagonize the effects of?

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  • soluble FMS-like tyrosine kinase (sFltl) antagonizes VEGF
  • Endoglin antagonizes TGF-β
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Preeclampsia is associated with a hypercoagulable state that may lead to formation of thrombi in the arterioles and capillaries of what main sites?

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Liver + kidneys + brain + pituitary

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Hypercoagulablity in preeclampsia is related to what factors?

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  • ↓ endothelial prod. of PGI2 (potent antithrombic factor)
  • Prod. of PGI2 is normally stimulated by VEGF, which is being antagonizd by sFlt1
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What 4 microscopic changes are seen in the placenta in women with preeclampsia?

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  1. Infarcts, which are larger and more numerous
  2. Exaggerated ischemic change of chorionic villi and trophoblasts, consisting of ↑ syncytial knots***
  3. Frequent retroplacental hematomas
  4. Abnormal decidual vessels w/ thrombi, fibrinoid necrosis, or intraintimal lipid deposits (acute atherosis)**
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When liver lesions are present with preeclampsia what is seen?

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  • Intraparenchymal hemorrhage
  • Fibrin thrombi in portal capillaries and foci of hemorrhagic necrosis
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What are the features of kidney lesions associated with preeclampsia, specifically the glomeruli?

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  • Swelling of endothelial cells
  • Amorphous dense deposits on endothelial side of BM
  • Mesangial cell hyperplasia
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What will immunofluorescent studies of the kidney in preeclampsia show an abundance of?

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Fibrin in glomeruli

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Preeclampsia will present earlier (before 34 weeks gestation) in women w/ what 4 underlying conditions?

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  • Hydatidiform mole
  • Preexisting kidney disease
  • HTN
  • Coagulopathies
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Which sx’s assoc. w/ preeclampsia are serious events indicative of severe preeclampsia often requiring delivery?

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Headaches and visual disturbances

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How is preeclampsia managed based on gestational age and severity?

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  • Term pregnancies, delivery is tx of choice, regardless of severity
  • Pre-term requires close monitoring; if severe sx’s arise, delivery is indicated regardless of gestational age
  • Anti-HTN’s do NOT improve outcomes!!!
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What are some of the possible long-term complications of mother who had preeclampsia?

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  • 20% develop HTN and microalbuminuria within 7 years of pregnancy
  • 2x ↑ risk of vascular disease of heart and brain
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The diagnosis of acute fatty liver of pregnancy rests on biopsy showing what?

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Diffuse microvesicular steatosis of hepatocytes

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Pathogenesis of acute fatty liver of pregnancy is due to what type of dysfunction?

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  • Mitochondrial; fetus produces metabolites that cannot be broken down by mother
  • Deficiency of mitochondrial long-chain 3-hydroxyacyl CoA dehydrogenase
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In preeclampsia/eclampsia, what catastrophic event may happen to blood under pressure inside the liver?

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Coalesce and expand to form hepatic hematoma; dissection of blood under Glisson capsule —> catastrophic hepatic rupture

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Why are Hydatidiform moes important to recognize?

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Assoc. w/ ↑ risk of persistent trophoblastic disease (invasive mole) or choriocarcinoma

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Hydatidiform moles are characterized histologically by what?

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Cystic swelling of the chorionic villi accompanied by variable trophoblastic proliferation

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When and how are Hydatidiform moles usually diagnosed; there is an ↑ risk in which age groups?

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  • Diagnosed early in preg. (average 9 weeks) by sonogram (US)
  • ↑ incidence in teens and btw 40-50 y/o
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Hydatidiform moles are more common in what part of the world?

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2x more common in Southeast Asia

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What does a complete mole result from and what are the karyotypes seen?

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  • Fertilization of an egg that has lost its female chromosomes; as result genetic material is completely paternally derived
  • 90% = 46,XX from duplication of genetic material from one sperm
  • NO fetal tissue
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What occurs in a Partial mole and what is the resultant karyotype?

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  • Fertilization of an egg with 2 sperm
  • Karyotype = triploid (i.e., 69,XXY) or tetraploid (i.e., 92,XXXY)
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How do complete moles differ from partial moles in terms of presence of fetal tissue and risk of future complications?

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  • Complete moles ↑ risk for choriocarcinoma and persistent or invasive mole; no fetal tissue
  • Partial moles will usually have fetal tissue present; are not associated with choriocarcinoma
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What is the classic morphological appearance of hydatidiform moles?

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Delicate, friable mass of thin-walled, translucent, cystic, grapelike structure w/ swollen edematous (hydropic) villi

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Most women with partial and early complete moles present how?

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  • Spontaneous miscarriage

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  • Undergo curettage because of US findings of abnormal villous enlargment
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Levels of what will be greatly increased with complete moles and this level can be used to monitor for successful removal?

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β-hCG levels

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Continous elevation of β-hCG after removal of a hydatiform mole likely indicates what?

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Persistent or Invasive mole

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Invasive hydatidiform moles are characterized by invasion where and what events follow?

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  • Penetration or perforation of uterine wall; invasion of myometrium by hydropic chorionic villi
  • Proliferation of both cyto- and syncytiotrophoblasts
  • Tumor is locally destructive and may invade parametrial tissue and blood vessels –> hydropic villi may embolize to sites, such as lung and brain
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What are signs/sx’s and tx for invasive mole?

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  • Vaginal bleeding + irregular uterine enlargement
  • Responds to chemo but may result in uterine rupture and necessitate hysterectomy
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What is a choriocarcinoma, which cells are involved and is it benign or malignant?

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  • Malignant neoplasm of trophoblastic cells derived from previously normal or abnormal pregnancy
  • Rapidly invasive and metastasize widely, but responds well to chemo
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List 4 conditions which most often precede development of choriocarcinoma?

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  • 50% arise in complete mole
  • 25% arise in previous abortion
  • 22% after normal pregnancy
  • Remainder in ectopic pregnancy
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How does choriocarcinoma appear grossly?

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Soft, fleshy, yellow-white tumor w/ large pale areas of necrosis and extensive hemorrhage

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What is the typical presentation of a choriocarcinoma?

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  • Irregular vaginal spotting of bloody, brown fluid
  • Sometimes sx’s don’t arise until months after preceding event
  • hCG is typically ↑↑↑, unless tumor is necrotic they may be low
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Choriocarcinoma has a high propensity for what route of spread and what are the most common site of metastasis?

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  • Hematogenous
  • Lungs (50%) and vagina (30-40%)l followed by brain > liver > bone and kidney
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What is the tx for choriocarcinoma and the prognosis?

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  • Depends on stage and usually consists of evacuation of the uterus contents + chemotherapy
  • Nearly 100% remission and high cure rate w/ chemotherapy
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Placental site trophoblastic tumor is composed of what cells?

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Neoplastic proliferation of extravilous trophoblasts (aka intermediate trophoblasts)

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Which hormone is produced by normal extravillous trophoblasts and may be ↑ in placental site trophoblastic tumor?

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Human placental lactogen (hPL)

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Histologically what is seen with placental site trophoblastic tumors?

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Malignant trophoblastic cells diffusely infiltrating the endomyometrium

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