OB GYN Flashcards
What is the most common cause of secondary amenorrhea?
Pregnancy
What are the most common ovarian growths?
Cysts
What are the two most common causes of secondary amenorrhea in patients with normal estrogen?
Asherman Syndrome
PCOS
What is another name for gonadal dysgenesis?
Turner’s Syndrome
What lab test is diagnostic for menopause?
FSH > 30 mIU / mL (“when you see men pausing to check for fish”)
Most common presentation of leiomyomata (uterine fibroid)?
vaginal bleeding
What is recommended in most cases of leiomyomata?
observation
What is most common gynecological cancer?
Endometrial (adenocarcinoma)
What is the cardinal symptom of endometrial cancer?
vaginal bleeding
What patient population is most common in endometriosis?
nulliparous, 30 yrs old
Most common cause of androgen excess and hirsutism?
PCOS
Bilateral enlarged cystic ovaries, amenorrhea and infertility are key features of this disease?
PCOS
How will the ultrasound appear in a patient with PCOS?
“string of pearls” or “oyster ovaries”
How is infertility of PCOS treated?
Clomiphene
When is cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) most common?
women in their 20s
CDC recommends which patients get HPV vaccine?
boys and girls age 11-12 (three injections over 5 months)
What kind of cancer are women exposed to diethylstilbestrol (DES) at increased risk for?
clear cell adenocarcinoma
What bug most commonly causes mastitis?
staph aureus
What is antibiotic of choice for mastitis?
penicillinase resistant antibiotics (dicloxacillin)
Most frequent benign condition of the breast?
fibrocystic breast disease
What benign breast lesion is more common in black women?
fibroadenoma
Most common cancer in women, and what kind specifically?
Breast cancer - infiltrating ductal carcinoma
What ductal carcinoma presents with eczematous lesions of the nipple?
Paget’s disease of breast