Penile and testicular Cancer Flashcards
What is BXO?
Balanitis xerotica obliterans
What is BXO in women?
Lichenus sclerosis
What is BXO?
Fissuring, bleeding, white sclerotic patches
What is the classic presentation of BXO?
Tight foreskin
What causes BXO?
Bad longterm hygiene
What is the treatment for BXO?
Circumcision
What are the carcinoma in situ called?
Bowen’s disease on genitalia
Erythroplasia of Queryat on glans or shaft
What topical treatment can be given to treat penile carcinoma in situ?
Topical 5 fluorouracil
Who is most likely to get penile carcinoma?
Older men
HPV 16
What is phimosis?
Inability to retract foreskin
What kind of cell is a penile cancer?
Invasive squamous cell carcinoma
What is a penile carcinoma like?
Foul smelling fungating mass
How is penile cancer diagnosed?
USS
Biopsy
What is the treatment for a penile cancer?
Total/partial penectomy
What are the germ cell tumours?
Seminoma
Teratoma
Where can a testicular metastasis come from?
Prostate
Stomach
What is the imaging used to diagnose testicular cancers?
USS
What markers are used for testicular tumours?
AFP
LDH
HCG
Why is a CXR common in testicular cancer?
Look for cannonball metastases
Where is an orchidectomy approached from?
Inguinal canal.
NOT through scrotum
In who is testicular cancer more common in?
20-35 years
Undescended testicles
What is important to remember before treating testicular tumours?
Fertility.
?Store sperm
Which markers are raised in a teratoma?
Alfa feta protein (AFP)
What other tumour markers are present in testicular cancers?
HCG
LDH
What is the buzzword for a testicular seminoma?
Potato like
