Pathology Flashcards
Vaginal squamous cell carcinoma is found in which part of the vagina
Upper 1/3 (paramesonephric duct origin)
Theca luteum cysts area associated with which pathologies
- Complete mole
* Choriocarcinoma
Biopsy finding in a dysgerminoma/seminoma
Undifferentiated germ cells (“fried egg” appearance) with a lymphocytic infiltrate
Type of cells that can be found in a gonadoblastoma
Sertoli or granulosa cells
Characteristic biopsy finding in yolk sac tumors
Schiller-Duval bodies (papillary structure around central blood vessel - “glomerulus-like” structures)
Serologic marker of yolk sac tumors
Alpha-fetoprotein
Serologic marker of choriocarcinoma
Beta-hCG
Characteristic biopsy finding in granulosa cell tumors
Call-Exner bodies (coffee-bean shaped secretory globules)
Gene that increases breast cancer risk in both men and women
BRCA2
Gene that increases breast and ovarian cancer risk
BRCA1
Serologic marker for seminomas
Alkaline phosphatase
Characteristic biopsy finding in Leydig cell tumors
Reinke crystals (cylindrical crystalloid eosinophilic bodies in the cytoplasm)
Most common testicular cancer in elderly men
Lymphomas
Sacrococcygeal teratomas arise from which embryonic structure
Primitive streak
Fibrosis of which part of the male genitalia is seen in Klinefelter syndrome
Seminiferous tubules
Hormones that are decreased in Klinefelter syndrome
- Testosterone
* Inhibin B