Microanatomy Flashcards
What does CIN refer to
- this refers to the spectrum of epithelial changes the take place in the squamous epithelium as the precursors of invasive squamous carcinoma
how is CIN graded
- severity of the lesion is graded as 1, 2 and 3, this is according to the level in the epithelium at which the cytoplasmic maturation is taking place
what is squamous neoplasia of the cervix associated with
Sexual activity
- early age of first intercourse
- frequency of intercourse
- number of sexual patterns
- sexual behaviour of male partner
- HPV infection
what increases the risk of probability of HPV infection
- family history of cervical neoplasia
- wives of men with carcinoma of the penis
- urban areas
- cigarette smoking
How many different types of HPV are there
greater than 100
what types of HPV are associated with genital warts
HPV 6 and 11
what HPV types are associated with carcinoma
HPV 16, 18, 31, 33,
How does HPV cause cancer
- Papillomavirus DNA is incorporated into the host genome
- this produces the proteins E6 and E7 which form complexes with anti-oncogenes such as p53 and retinoblastoma thereby inactivating the normal cellular response to DNA damage
- this results in accumulation of genetic abnormalities
what type of cancer does HPV cause
vulval and vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia
what investigations should be carried out in breast cancer diagnosis
- mammogram
- ultrasound
- fine needle aspiration cytology
- core biopsy
How do negating Masses differ in appeared from malignant ones
- growth rate
- shape
- edge/border
- relation to neighbouring structures
- resemblance to normal
- morphology
- invasion
- metastasis
Benign
- growth rate = slow
- shape = rounded/ovoid
- edge/border = smooth
- relation to neighbouring structures = pushing growth, easy to shell out
- resemblance to normal = close
- morphology = no, atypia/necrosis, low mitotic activity
- invasion= no
- metastasis = never
malignant
- growth rate = rapid
- shape = irregular
- edge/border = infiltrative
- relation to neighbouring structures = tethered to surrounding structures
- resemblance to normal = variable can be good to poor
- morphology = atypia, necrosis, high mitotic activity
- invasion = yes
- metastasis = frequent
What are the different types of benign and malignant tumours
- squamous epithelium
- glandular epithelium
- transitional epithelium
- smooth muscle
- striated muscle
- adipose tissue
- cartilage
- bone
- blood vessels
Benign
- squamous epithelium = squamous cell papilloma
- glandular epithelium = adenoma
- transitional epithelium = transitional cell papilloma
- smooth muscle = leiomyoma
- striated muscle = rhabdomyoma
- adipose tissue = lipoma
- cartilage = chondroma
- bone = osteoma
- blood vessels = angioma
Malignant
- squamous epithelium = squamous cell carcinoma
- glandular epithelium = adenocarcinoma
- transitional epithelium = transitional cell carcinoma
- smooth muscle = leiomyosarcoma
- striated muscle = rhabomosacroma
- adipose tissue = liposarcoma
- cartilage = chondrosarcoma
- bone = osteosarcoma
- blood vessels = angiosarcoma
what is breast cancer common age
before age of 30
what is the most commonest being tumour of the breast and where does it arise
Fibroadenoma
- arises in the breast lobule
what are the clinical features of a breast tumour/ fibroadenoma
- present as a mobile mass in the breast
- multiple in 20% of cases
what is the treatment of a fibroadenoma
- no Treatment in some cases if it is small
- surgical excision this can usually be shelled out easily
what does a fibroadenoma look like
circumscribed tumour
lobulated appearance
what is the prognosis of an ovarian adenocarcinoma
- very poor
- 5 year survival of about 25%
describe adenocarcinoma facts
- 90% of all ovarian malignancy s
- 6th in frequency of cancer in women, disproportionate number of fatal malignancies
- asymptomatic until they have reached a large size
where does the adenocarcinoma come from
fallopian tube origin is most of ovarian carcinoma
what is the function of the ovary
To produce gametes or ova
- develop from special sperm germ cells called oocytes
- present within the ovary from birth
To produce the female sex hormones oestrogen and progesterone
- causes development of female sexual characteristics
- support development of the early embryo in early pregnancy
- produced by the specialises stomal cells of the ovary
how do you classify ovarian tumours
– three major types are classified according to their cell of origin
what are the three major categories of ovarian tumours
Epithelial tumours
germ cell tumours
sex cord stromal tumors
give example of epithelial tumours in the ovary
- serous
- mutinous
- endometroid
give example of germ cell tumours in the ovary
- teratoma
- yolk sac tumour
- dysgerminoma
- embryonal carcinoma
- choriocarcinoma
give example of sex cord stomal tumours in the ovary
- granulose cell tumour
- thecoma-fibroma
- sertoli-leydig cell tumour
what type of epithelium lines the cervix
- simple columnar epithelium with deep invagination called cervical glands
What is the part of the cervix that projects into the vaginal cavity
ectocervix
what is the epithelium of the ecotcervix
- striated squamous epithelium
what epithelium is in the vagina
- striated squamous epithelium