Patho: Disorders Of Pregnancy Flashcards
Disorders of early pregnancy:
Disorders of early pregnancy:
Spontaneous Abortion
Spontaneous Abortion
Spontaneous Abortion (aka miscarriage) Definition:
pregnancy loss before 20 weeks of gestation
When do most spontaneous abortions occur?
Most occur before 12 weeks
What is the Incidence of Spontaneous Abortion
10-15 % of clinically recognized pregnancies ( out of the pregnancies that have been + identified, this number is actually a lot higher due to the amount of females that abort never knowing they were pregnant
What are the possible Causes of Spontaneous Abortion?
Fetal : Genetic
Maternal
Unknown mechanisms
What are some Fetal causes of Spontaneous Abortion:
Chromosomal anomalies (50% in early Spontaneous Abortions)
Aneuploidy: abnormal number of chromosomes
Polyploidy: more than 2 paired (homologous) sets of chromonsmes (ie 4 rather than 2)
Translocations
Subtle genetic defects: no avb test
What are some maternal causes of spontaneous abortions? 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6:
Luteal-phase defect: Corpus leteum is not producing the progesterone or estrogen it is suppose to so there is not enough formation of the Decidual cells to support a good implantation
Poorly controlled diabetes: infections and poor circulation
Other uncorrected endocrine disorders: hypo or hyper thyroidism. Anything affecting the growth of the uterus
Physical defects of the uterus :
Systemic disorders affecting maternal vasculature
Infections
what are the Physical defects of the uterus that cause spontaneous abortions?
Submucosal leiomyoma (SM tumor) : tumors of the myometrium, affect implantation
Polyps: Interferer with good implantation
Malformation of the uterus : bicornate uterus
what are some of the Systemic disorders affecting maternal vasculature that cause abortions
Antiphopholipis antibody syndrome: an antibody that causes a hypercoagulable test, but if affects the PTT test (its long so it looks like they can not clot but really they are hypercoaguable) this is seen in lupus.
Coagulopathies: Factor 5 ligand
Hypertention: Rupturing of vessels in the placenta and interferes with ventilation
what are some of the infections that cause spontaneous abortions?
Bacterial :
•Toxoplasma
•Mycoplasma
•Listeria
Ascending infection
•Common in second-trimester
Viral infections
•Unknown mechanisms
when are ascending bacterial infections leading to spontaneous abortion most common?
in the second trimester
When do you do genetic testing after a spontaneous abortion?
When a female has 2 spontaneous abortions and the mother and father is relatively healthy.
Ectopic pregnancy
Ectopic pregnancy
Definition Ectopic Pregnancies:
Implantation of the fetus in any site other than a normal intrauterine location
Where are the most common sites for Ectopic pregnancy :
Fallopian tubes (∼90%) Ovary Abdominal cavity Intrauterine portion of the fallopian tube (called cornual pregnancy- where the tube attaches to the uterus)