MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT Flashcards
A 32 Y/O FEMALE SAILOR REPORTS TO MEDICAL C/O DISCOMFORT IN HER L BREAST. UPON OBTAINING HPI SHE STATES THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING BEFORE HER PERIOD STARTS. SHE DRINKS 1/2 A BOTTLE A NIGHT OF RED WINE AND NOTICES A MASS EVERY NOW AND AGAIN THAT FLUCTUATES IN SIZE, WHICH AGAIN IS NOTED DURING PRE MENSES.
BREAST MASS
IN REGARDS TO A PATIENT WITH BREAST MASSES,
WHAT LABS WOULD YOU ORDER?
WHAT IMAGING WOULD YOU ORDER?
NO LABS ARE REQUIRED
FOR RADS WE WILL GET AND ULTRASOUND AND MAMMOGRAPHY.
IN REGARDS TO A SUSPECTED BREAST MASS,
WHAT MEDS WILL YOU GIVE AND WHAT EDUCATION WOULD YOU PROVIDE?
MEDS OF CHOICE WILL BE NSAIDS
EDUCATION WILL BE AROUND TELLING PATIENT TO:
- AVOID TRAUMA
- WEAR SUPPORTIVE BRA DAY AND NIGHT
- DECREASE FAT INTAKE WITH DIET.
- CONSIDER ELIMINATION OF CAFFEINE
- VITAMIN E SUPPLEMENTATION
- ENSURE MONTHLY BREAST SELF EXAMS ARE DONE
YOU HAVE A 36 Y/O BLACK FEMALE THAT REPORTS SHE NOTICED A LUMP ON HER BREAST A WEEK AGO. UPON EXAMINATION YOU FEEL A ROUND/OVOID MASS THAT IS RUBBERY, MOVABLE AND IS NON-TENDER. V/S UNREMARKABLE AND PATIENT ONLY REPORTS THAT SHE JUST WANTS TO GET THIS CHECKED AND IT DOESN’T HINDER HER LIFE AT ALL.
DX: FIBROADENOMA
ANCILLARY: ULTRASOUND
TX: SHOULD BE REFERRED TO GENERAL SURGERY FOR FURTHER EVALUATION AND WORK UP.
YOU HAVE A PATIENT WHO JUST UNDERWENT BREAST AUGMENTATION SURGERY AND COMES INTO MEDICAL BECAUSE SHE NOTICES A MASS ON HER BREAST. UPON EXAM YOU NOTICE SOME ECCHYMOSIS AND RETRACTION OF THE NIPPLE. WHAT WOULD YOU TELL THE PATIENT THIS LIKELY IS AND WHAT COURSE OF ACTION WOULD YOU WANT TO DO?
PATIENT IS HAVING FAT NECROSIS, AND SHOULD GET A BIOPSY TO RULE OUT MALIGNENT GROWTHS.
YOUR EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMES DOWN TO MEDICAL ONE DAY COMPLAINING THAT WHILE GETTING HERSELF READY FOR WORK SHE NOTICED A LUMP IN HER BREAST A WEEK AGO. SINCE THEN, SHE’S HAD SOME NIPPLE DISCHARGE AND HER NIPPLE HAS ENLARGED AND FEELS ITCHY. WHILE CONDUCTING YOUR EXAM YOU FELL A SINGLE, NON-TENDER MASS THAT IS HARD AND ILL DEFINED MARGINS. WHAT WOULD YOU SUSPECT THE XO HAS AND WHAT WOULD YOU WANT TO DO FOR HER?
DX: BREAST CARCINOMA
TX PLAN: REFERRAL TO GENERAL SURGERY/ONCOLOGY FOR FURTHER WORK UP AND SURGICAL REMOVAL TO DETERMINE STAGE OF CANCER TO DETERMINE TREATMENT.
MEDEVAC
AFTER PRIMARY TREATMENT OF BREAST CARCINOMAS. A PATIENT SHOULD BE MONITORED AT WHAT TIME INTERVALS?
EVERY 6 MONTHS FOR THE FIRST 2 YEARS AND THEN ANNUALLY AFTER THAT.
HOW LONG DOES NORMAL MENSTRUAL BLEEDING LAST FOR?
5 DAYS NORMALLY
HOW MUCH BLOOD IS NORMALLY LOST DURING MENSTRATION FOR FEMALES?
MEAN BLOOD LOSS IS ABOUT 40 ML
MENORRHAGIA IS BLOOD LOSS OVER……
80ML
BLEEDING THAT OCCURS BETWEEN PERIODS?
METRORRHAGIA
POLYMENORRHEA
BLOOD FLOW OCCURS MORE OFTEN THAN EVERY 21 DAYS.
ACUTE UTERINE BLEEDING WAS PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS THIS TERM
DYSFUNCTIONAL UTERINE BLEEDING.
DUB
ABNORMAL UTERINE BLEEDING IN WOMEN AGES 19-39 IS OFTEN A RESULT OF THESE FACTORS.
- PREGNANCY
- STRUCTURAL LESIONS
- ANOVULATORY CYCLE
- USING HORMONES
- ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA
ABNORMAL UTERINE BLEEDING IN WOMEN AGES 19-39 IS OFTEN A RESULT OF THESE FACTORS.
- PREGNANCY
- STRUCTURAL LESIONS
- ANOVULATORY CYCLE
- USING HORMONES
- ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA
DIAGNOSIS OF ABNORMAL UTERINE BLEEDING DEPENDS ON WHAT FACTORS DURING ASSESSMENT
HISTORY OF DURATION AND AMOUNT OF FLOW
- ASSOCIATED PAIN
- RELATION TO LAST MENSTRUAL PERIOD
WHEN SUSPECTING A PATIENT SUFFERING FROM ABNORMAL UTERINE BLEEDING, WHAT ARE SOME LABS THAT WOULD BE USEFUL IN VALIDATING YOUR DIAGNOSIS?
CBC
HCG
TSH
CLOTTING STUDIES
IF BLEEDING,
GONORRHEA/ CHLAMYDIA
PAP SMEAR
ENDOMETRIAL SAMPLING
FOR FEMALES SUSPECTED OF ABNORMAL UTERINE BLEEDING, WHAT IMAGING WOULD YOU WANT TO GET?
INTRAVAGINAL ULTRASOUND
- CHECKING FOR:
- MASSES
- ECTOPIC PREGNANCY
- THICKNESS OF THE ENDOMETRIUM
ALL AUB PATIENTS SUSPECTED OR DIAGNOSABLE SHOULD BE REFERRED TO:
OB-GYN
ALL POST MENOPAUSAL BLEEDING IS THIS UNTIL PROVEN OTHERWISE
CANCER
IN PATIENTS WITH AUB-O WHAT MEDS WILL HELP REDUCE BLEEDING ?
PROGESTIN AND NSAIDS
THIS CONDITION IS DEFINED AS:
VARIABLE CLUSTER OF TROUBLESOME SYMPTOMS THAT ARE PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL IN NATURE AND TAKE PLACE 5 DAYS BEFORE MENSES AND RELIEVE ABOUT 4 DAYS AFTER MENSES OCCUR.
PREMENOPAUSAL SYNDROME
PMS
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF PRE-MENOPAUSAL WOMEN ARE AFFECTED BY PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME?
40 %
YOUR FEMALE CPO COMES TO MEDICAL AND IS THROWING A FIT OVER WORK AND SCREAMING AT EVERYONE. ONCE YOU GET HER INTO YOUR OFFICE AND SHE CALMS DOWN AFTER ALSO CRYING, SHE STARTS TO TELL YOU THAT SHE HAS BEEN FEELING BLOATED, FEELING LETHARGIC AND HER ANKLES HAVE BEEN SWOLLEN THE LAST 2 DAYS AND IT KILLS HER TO WALK AROUND SHIP. V/S ARE WNL. SHE SAYS THAT SHE NORMALLY GETS THIS WAY BEFORE HER WOMANLY CYCLE COMES BUT THIS TIME IT’S WAY DIFFERENT.
WHAT ARE YOU SUSPECTING?
WHAT IS THE WORK UP/ TX?
IS THIS A REFERRAL?
- PREMENSTRUAL DYSPHORIC DISORDER
- WORK UP IS MOSTLY EMOTIONAL AND SUPPORT BASED . GOOD TO TELL PATIENT TO KEEP AN EMOTION DIARY FOR DAILY RECORD.
- TX OF THIS INCLUDES:
- AEROBIC EXERCISE
- REDUCE CAFFEINE AND/OR SALTS
- INCREASE CALCIUM, VIT D AND MAGNESIUM
- INCREASE COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATES
SOMEONE SUFFERING FROM SUSPECTED PREMENSTRUAL DYSPHORIC DISORDER WOULD BENEFIT FROM WHAT MEDICATIONS THERAPIES?
COMBINED ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES SUCH AS
- DEPOPROVERA
- NEXPLANON
SSRIS SUCH AS:
PAROXETINE
SERTRALINE
FLUOXETINE
VAGINITIS CAN USUALLY BE BROUGHT ON FROM THE FOLLOWING
PATHOGENS
ALLERGIC REACTIONS TO VAGINAL CONRRACEPTIVES OR OTHER PRODUCTS
VAGINAL ATROPHY
FRICTION DURING SEX
WHEN SUSPECTING A PATIENT TO HAVE VAGINITIS WHAT ARE SOME PERTINENT QUESTIONS TO ASK FOR HISTORY?
ONSET OF LAST MENSTRUAL
RECENT SEXUAL ACTIVITY
USE OF CONTRACEPTIVES, TAMPONS OR DOUCHES
RECENT MEDICATION CHANGES OR ANTIBIOTIC USE.
A 24 Y/O FEMALE REPORTS TO MEDICAL WITH THE FOLLOWING SYMPTOMS AFTER THE UNDERWAY PERIOD.
- VAGINAL PAIN
- MALODOROUS DISCHARGE
PERTINENT HX WAS SHE WAS HAVING SEX ALL WEEKEND WITH HER BOAT BOO AND RECENTLY STARTED A NEW B.C PRODUCT THAT MADE HER FEEL WEIRD AT FIRST, BUT DIDN’T THINK MUCH OF IT.
WHAT WOULD BE A GOOD FIRST DX FOR THIS PATIENT IF UPON EXAM YOU NOTE ADNEXAL TENDERNESS OR CERVICAL MOTION TENDERNESS FROM BIMANUAL PALPATION?
VAGINITIS
FOR VAGINITIS, WHAT LABS CAN WE DO IN AN OPERATIONAL SETTING?
NONE
FOR VAGINITIS,
WHAT LABS WOULD YOU WANT TO ORDER FOR THE PATIENT
KOH
WET PREP
NAAT URINE (CH/GH)
WHAT IMAGING IS REQUIRED FOR VAGINITIS PATIENTS?
NONE
WHAT IS THE MEDICATION OF CHOICE FOR A PATIENT WITH VULVOVAGINITIS CANDIDIASIS?
DIFLUCAN (FLUCANOZOLE) 150 MG TABLET. ONE TABLET DOSE
FOR TRICHIMOSIS VAGINALIS VAGINITIS, A REGIMEN OF METRONIDAZOLE IS INDICATED FOR ….
BOTH PARTIES INVOLVED IN SEXUAL ENCOUNTERS
WHAT ARE THE MEDICATIONS OF CHOICE FOR BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS
METRONIDAZOLE
CLINDAMYCIN
METRONIDAZOLE GEL
WHAT IS THE ANTIBIOTIC OF CHOICE FOR A PATIENT WITH CHLAMYDIA?
DOXY 100MG
WHAT IS THE MEDICATION OF CHOICE IN SOMEONE SUFFERING FROM GONORRHEA?
CEFTRIAXONE
WHAT ARE SOME EDUCATION POINTS TO GIVE TO PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM VAGINITIS?
AVOID NON ABSORBENT UNDERWEAR
AVOID DOUCHING
DELAY SEXUAL INTERCOURSE UNTIL TREATMENT IS COMPLETE
BARTHOLIN GLAND CYSTS ARE USUALLY CAUSED BY THESE MAJOR STI
GHONORRHEA AND CHLAMYDIA
WHAT IS THE TREATMENT FOR SOMEONE WITH A BARTHOLIN GLAND CYST?
I&d
MANUAL ASPIRATION
WARM SOAKS
ANTIBIOTICS IF CELLULITIC OR INFECTION IS SPREADING.
CERVICAL DYSPLASIA IS USUALLY DIAGNOSED WITH THIS LAB/ PROCEDURE
PAP SMEAR
WHAT AGE SHOULD A WOMAN BEGIN RECIEVING A PAP SMEAR REGARDLESS OF HER SEXUAL HISTORY
21 Y/O
THIS ENTITY RECOMMENDS SCREENING INTERVALS FOR WOMEN TO RECIEVE A PAP SMEAR AND/OR A CYTOLOGY AND HPV TEST
US PREVENTITIVE SERVICES TASK FORCE (USPTF)
A WOMAN WITH NO HISTORIC INDICATORS FOR HPV OR ABNORMAL PAPS SHOULD BE ABLE TO STOP RECIEVING THESE PROCEDURES AFTER WHAT AGE
65 PER THE USPSTF
WHAT IS THE SYSTEM USED WHEN DETERMINING A PAP SMEAR’S RESULTS
BATHESDA SYSTEM
WITHIN THE BETHESDA SYSTEM WHAT ARE THE TWO CATEGORIES?
ATYPICAL SQUAMOUS CELLS OF UNKNOWN SIGNIFICANCE (ACS-US)
SQUAMOUS INTRAEPITHELIAL LESIONS (SIL)
- LOW GRADE (LSIL)
- HIGH GRADE (HSIL)
WOMEIN WITH ASC-US AND A NEGATIVE HPV TEST CAN FOLLOW UP FOR ANOTHER PAP WITH HPV IN HOW LONG?
1 YEAR
IF A WOMAN RECIEVES A PAP AND HPV SCREEN AND THE SCREEN COMES BACK POSITIVE WHAT PROCEDURE IS THEN WARRANTED
COLPSOSCOPY
A WOMAN WHO HAS BEEN RECIEVING GARDISIL FOR HPV SINCE SHE WAS 10 YRS OLD DOES NOT NEED A PAP
FALSE
ALL FEMALES WITH RESULTED PAP BEING ABNORMAL SHOULD BE REFERRED WHERE?
OB/GYN
WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON BENIGN NEOPLASM OF THE FEMAL GENITAL TRACT?
LEIOMYNOMA OFTHE UTERUS (FIBROID TUMOR)
FIBROID TUMORS ARE NORMALLY SYMPTOMATIC, BUT CAN ARISE WITH THESES SYMPTOMS TO CAUSE A FEMALE TO BE EVALUATED?
PAIN
PELVIC PRESSURE
UTERINE BLEEDING THAT IS ABNORMAL
SOMEONE THAT YOU SUSPECT TO HAVE A PELVIC MASS LIKE A FIBROID TUMOR SHOULD BE SENT TO GET WHAT LABS?
- CBC
- IRON ANEMIA
WHAT IMAGING IS REQUIRED TO HELP YOU DIAGNOSE A PATIENT WITH A PELVIC MASS?
TRANSVAGINAL ULTRASOUND
MRI WITH CONTRAST
HYSTEROGRAPHY OR HYSTEROSCOPE
A PATIENT WITH A FIBROID TUMOR SHOULD BE MEDEVAC’D WHEN
SUSPECTING TORSION,
HEMORRHAGE
THIS DIAGNOSED CASE IS 90% ASSOCIATED WITH UTERINE BLEEDING
PAP’S ARE FREQUENTLY NEGATIVE
PAIN IS A LATE SYMPTOM
CARCIONOMA OF THE ENDOMETRIUM
CARCINOMA OF THE ENDOMETRIUM REQUIRES WHAT TREATMENT?
(SURGERY) TOTAL HYSTERECTOMY BILATERAL SALPINGO OOPHORECTOMY PERITONEAL WASHINGS LMYPH NODE SAMPLING (RADIATION) (CHEMO)
A WOMAN WHO IS ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:
- OBESE
- NULLIPARITY
- DIABETIC
- POLYCYSTIC OVARIES
- TAKING ESTROGEN BLOCKERS FOR BREAST CANCER
- FAMILY HX OF COLORECTAL CANCER
Has the likelihood of developing ť this
CARCINOMA OF THE ENDOMETRIUM
WHAT PERCENT OF POST MENOPAUSAL BLEEDING REQUIRE FURTHER EVALUATION?
ALL
WHAT IS THE OVERALL 5 YEAR SURVIVAL FOR A PATIENT WITH ENDOMETRIAL CARCINOMA?
80-85%
ENDOMETRIAL CARCINOMA WITH A LESS THAN 66% INVASION HAS THIS PERCENT OF GOOD PROGNOSIS?
98%
ENDOMETRIAL CARCINOMA WITH AN INVASION OF MORE THAN 66% HAS THIS PERCENTAGE OF GOOD PROGNOSIS?
78%
ALL PATIENTS WITH CONCERN OF ENDOMETRIAL CARCINOMA SHOULD BE SENT AND EVALUATED BY THIS PROFESSIONAL
GYNECOLOGICAL ONCOLOGIST