Path 4 Vagina/Cervix Flashcards
Herpes location
Cervix, usually
MCV identify
Intracytoplasmic viral inclusions
Trichomonas identify
Strawberry cervix
Puerperal
Post-partum
PID identify
Elevated ESR
Elevated C-reactive protein
Bartholin’s cyst
Unilateral, painful cystic lesion
Condyloma acuminatum cause
HPV 6, 11
HPV histo
Koilocytosis (large nuclei in squamous cells)
2 types lof vulva leukoplakia
- Lichen Sclerosus
- Lichen simplex chronicus
Lichen sclerosus
Atrophic, thinned epidermis (elderly)
-Risk of sq carcinoma
Lichen simplex chronicus
Epidermal hyperplasia
- Chronic irritation and itching
- No cancer risk
VIN
Vulvar Intraepithelial Neoplasia
- HPV 16 (young women)
- Multicentric sq carcinoma in situ
Non HPV vulva carcinoma
Keratinizing squamous cell
- Keratin pearls
- Sometimes from lichen sclerosus (elderly women)
Glandular Neoplastic Lesions
Extramammary Paget Disease
- Map-like erythematous lesion
- High recurrence rate following excision
Extramammary Paget Disease histo
Confined to epidermis
-PAS and Keratin positive
VAIN
Vaginal Intraepithelial Neoplasia
- Precursor lesion to sq carcinoma
- HPV related
Sarcoma Botryoides
Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma
-Young child with grape like masses protruding from vagina
DES (diethylstilbesterol) causes
Adenosis and Clear Cell Adenocarcinoma
Adenosis
Persistance of columnar epithelium in upper 1/3 vagina
Clear Cell Adenocarcinoma
Malignant glands with clear cytoplasm
-From adenosis
Endocervical Polyps
Benign exophytic growths
-Irregular vaginal bleeding
Cervical cancer
HPV 16, 18, 31, 33
- Oral contraceptives
- Lots of sex
HPV cancer mechanism
Produce E6 and E7 proteins
-Destroy p53 and Rb
Cervical cancer location
Squamo-columnar junction (os)
CIN
Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia
-Graded as LSIL or HSIL (high grade squamous intraepithelial lesion)
CIN grading
CIN 1 (LSIL) can regress
HSIL/HPV staining
Ki-67
p16
Early microinvasive cervical cancer Tx
Cone biopsy
Invasive cervical cancer Tx
Hysterectomy w/lymph node dissection, irradiation
Cervical cancer mortality
Due to local extension rather than metastasis