male pathology Flashcards
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Acute bacterial prostatitis etiology
Same as UTI
Acute bacterial prostatitis pathogenesis
Organisms ascend from urethra and urinary bladder Rarely, hematogenous spread
Acute bacterial prostatitis morphology
Acute inflammation in the glands with micro abscess, congestion & edema
Micro abscess are aggregation of ____ in the glands
Neutrophils
Acute bacterial prostatitis clinical course
Dysuria, frequency, low back pain & pelvic pain.
The prostate is enlarged and exquisitely tender.
+/- fever, chills, or Leukocytosis.
Prostate size in Abp
Enlarged
Which is more common bacterial or abacterial chronic prostatitis
Abacterial
Bacterial chronic prostativies etiology
Same as acute
Abacterial chronic prostatitis etiology
Chlamydia, trichomonas & ureaplasma urealyticum
Chronic prostatitis morphology
Lymphocytic infiltrate, PMN & macrophages, Some evidence of tissue destruction
Where does nodular hyperplasia occur
Transitional &periurethral zones
Most common age for bah
Over 70
What’s the main hormone in Bph
Dihydrotestosterone
Estrogen role in nodular hyperplasia
Increase in older men cause an increase in DHT receptors
BPH clinical course
Only in 10%, hesitancy, urinary retention & elevated PSA
BPH treatment
5 alpha- reductase type 2 inhibitors
: Transurethral resection of prostate tissue to relieve the obstruction
Enzyme that convert testosterone to dihydrotestosterone
5 alpha reduces type 2
Is BPH premalignant
BPH is not a premalignant condition and is not precursor of carcinoma
___% of BPH cases contain incidental carcinoma
10%
PSA > 4ng/ml
Carcinoma, BPH, Prostatitis, After biopsy
PSA can be used for:
Monitoring success of Prostatectomy
Detecting early relapses & DDx of other malignancies
Most common visceral CA in Male
Carcinoma of the prostate
2nd most common cause of CA death in men.
Carcinoma of the prostate, 20%
Peak incidence of clinical prostate CA
65-75 years
10% at 50 y & 80% at 80 y