MALE GENITAL TRACT Flashcards
Testis & Prosate
Fluid within the tunica vaginalis
Hydrocele
epididymal cyst containing sperm.
Transillumination positive
Spermatocele
Most likely primary malignancy to metastasize to this site in males?
Adenocarcinoma prostate
Sites of local extension of prostatic carcinoma
periprostatic tissue, seminal vesicles, and the base of the urinary bladder
Clinical features of prostatic carcinoma
difficulty in starting or stopping the stream,
dysuria
frequency
hematuria
back pain
5 complications of cryptorchidism
- Sterility
- Trauma
- Inguinal hernia
- Testicular cancer
- Torsion
A hydrocele can be distinguished from a true testicular mass by which simple clinical exam?
Transillumination
Hydrocele is transillumination positive, true solid testicular mass is transillumination negative
Male , 22 years old, mass in rght inguinal canal, empty scrotum on right side. Best surgical treatment?
Orchidectomy
enzyme elevated with bone metastasis of prostate carcinoma
Alkaline phosphatase
4 causes for testicular atrophy
- cryptorchidism
- liver cirrhosis/failure
- Klinefelter Syndrome
- prolonged administration of antiandrogens
1.What’s the diagnosis?
Germ cell tumor
3rd decade
cKIT positive
- Seminoma
1. Diagnosis?
Dragging sensation
Aching pain in scrotum
Visible bag of worms appearance
2. Complication
1. Varicocele
2. Infertility
Nodular Prostatic Hyperplasia/Prostate carcinoma?
Prostatic hyperplasia
Note how Well-defined nodules of BPH compress the urethra into a slitlike lumen
What’s your diagnosis?
fever, chills, and dysuria
Per rectal exam- tender, boggy prostate
Acute bacterial prostatitis
Name 1 cause for left sided varicocele
Renal cell ca invading renal vein
1. Diagnosis?
20-30 years
testicular mass
variegated, hemorrhage and necrosis
Positive for CD 30
2. Describe the microscopic pattern
- Embryonal carcinoma
2. Sheets of blue cells trying to form primitive tubules.
Mechanism of this condition
Incompetent venous valves leading to backflow of blood and pooling
Fusion gene present in 50% of prostatic carcinomas
TMPRSS2-ETS
What’s your diagnosis?
- history of recurrent urinary tract infections
- low back pain, dysuria, and perineal and suprapubic discomfort
- Leukocytosis - prostatic secretions
- positive bacterial cultures
Chronic bacterial prostatitis