Repro Flashcards

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What is the SHH gene responsible for? What can mutation cause?

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  • Anterior posterior patterning at limb buds

- Holoprosencephaly

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What is the WNT7 gene responsible for?

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Distal limb development

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Role of fibroblast growth factor in development? Mutation?

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Limb lengthening: mutation can cause achondroplasia

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What do mutations in HOX genes cause?

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Synpolydactyly: fingers /toes in wrong place

  • Code for DNA binding TF
  • Vitamin A dysregulates HOX in pregnancy
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What is egg arrested in before fertilization?

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Metaphase of meiosis II

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What does the trophoblast become?

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The placenta

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Vitamin deficiency causing neural tube defects?

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Folate

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What do alar and basal plate give rise to?

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Alar: sensory neurons (dorsal)
Basal: motor neurons (ventral)

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When is embryo most susceptible to teratogens?

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Embryonic period: weeks 3 - 8

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When do heart and limb development begin?

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Week 4: 4 chambers, 4 limbs

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When does gender development begin?

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Week ten

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Derivatives of ectoderm and what do they become?

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  1. Surface ectoderm: skin
  2. Neuroectoderm: Brain / spinal cord
  3. Neural crest: PNS
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What are melanocytes derived from?

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Neural crest

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What does the mesoderm become?

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  • Muscle, bone, connective tissue, CV, lymphatics, blood, kidneys, spleen
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What does endoderm become?

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Gut, lungs, liver, pancreas, gallbladder, thyroid, parathyroid

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What is agenesis?

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Absent organ from absence of primordial tissue

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What is aplasia?

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Absent organ with present primordial tissue

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Difference between deformation and malformation

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Deform: extrinsic interruption after embryonic period
Malform: internal interruption during embryonic (3-8 weeks)

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What do aminoglycosides cause?

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Ototoxicity

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What does cocaine cause?

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Placental abruption

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What does Li cause?

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Ebstein anomaly: atrialization of right ventricle

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Heparin or warfarin in pregnancy?

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Heparin: does not cross placenta

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Presentation of fetal alcohol syndrome?

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  1. Small, widely spaced eyes
  2. Thin upper lip
  3. Smooth philtrum
    * ***Caused by failure of cell migration
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What does # chorions equal?

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Number of placentas

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Most common number of amnions / chorions in twins?
Monochorionic, diamniotic
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What cells release Bhcg?
Syncytiotrophoblasts
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What are the maternal and fetal components of placenta?
Maternal: decidua basalis Fetal: Cytotrophoblasts/syncytiotrophoblasts
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What does the allantois become?
Urachus: urine out belly button if does not close
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What does the vitelline duct do?
Connect yolk sac to midgut lumen: poop out belly button if does not close
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What doe the allantois and the umbilical arteries become?
Arteries: MediaL umbilical ligament Allantois: Median umbilical ligament
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What does 1st arch become?
Maxillary artery
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What does 2nd arch become?
Stapedial and hyoid arteries
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What does 3rd arch become?
Common and proximal internal carotid
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What does fourth arch become?
Left: aortic arch Right: Proximal right subclavian
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What does 5th arch become?
Nothing
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What does 6th arch become?
Ductus arteriosus and proximal pulmonary artery
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What is a lump on side of neck that does not move when swallowing?
Branchial cleft cyst: from persistent cervical sinus derived from 2 - 4th cleft
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What muscles does CN VII innervates?
Muscles of facial expression
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What innervates muscles of mastication?
vIII
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Pouches involved in digeorge syndrome?
III and IV as they develop into thyroids and parathyroids
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Mutation seen in digeorge?
22q.11 deletion
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What does 22q.11 deletion cause?
Digeorge
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What results in cleft lip?
Failure of fusion of maxillary and medial nasal processes
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What is the default genital pathway?
Female with persistence of paramesonephric / mullerian ducts
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What do the mullerian ducts become?
Fallopian tubes, uterus, upper 1/3 vagina
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What allows for male development?
- SRY gene on y chromosome producing testis determining factor - Allows testis to develop creating sertoli and leydig cells
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What secretes mullerian inhibitory factor?
Sertoli cells
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What secretes testosterone?
Leydic cells to promote wolffian growth
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What makes DHT?
5-alpha reductase makes this more potent testosterone from testosterone
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What is DHT responsible for?
Prostate and male external structures
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What do the urogenital folds become?
men: ventral shaft penis women: labia minora
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What is hypospadias?
Urethral opening on underside of penis
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What is epispadias?
Urethral opening on top of penis
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What happens when tunica vaginalis fails to fuse in man?
Risk of indirect hernia / hydrocele
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Venous drainage of left/right ovary/testis?
Left: gonadal vein, renal vein, IVC Right: Gonadal vein, IVC
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Which side is varicocele more common on?
Left: left gonadal - > renal - > IVC
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Cancer leading to varicocele?
RCC
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Where do the ovaries and testis drain lymphatically?
Lumbar / Para aortic lymph nodes
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Where does lymph from distal vagina, vulva, and scrotum drain?
Superficial inguinal nodes
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What lymphatics do the clitoris and glans penis drain do?
Deep inguinal nodes
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Where does proximal 2/3 vagina drain?
Obturator, external iliac, and hypogastric nodes
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Consideration of cardinal ligament in hysterectomy?
Need to ligate cardinal ligament to prevent bleeding but need to be careful not to ligate ureter as it is extremely close
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What vessels are in round ligament?
None
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Pudendal nerve roots?
S2 - S4
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What does the ureter pass posterior to?
Man: vas deferans Woman: uterine artery
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What do ovarian arteries arise from? Uterine?
Ovarian: directly from abdominal aorta Uterine: Internal illiac
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What needs to be ligated in hysterectomy as the suspensory ligament is cut?
Ovarian vessels
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Where are ciliated columnar cells found in female tract?
Fallopian tubes
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Are meta and dysplasia reversible?
Yes: neoplasia is NOT reversible
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What of sperm?
``` "Seven UP" Seminiferous tubules Epididymis Vas def Ejaculatory ducts Nothing Urethra Penis ```
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Where do sperm mature / are stored?
Epididymis: reach full maturity in vagina with help of secretions
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What is ligated in male sterilization?
Vas def
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What is diagnosis for present, non motile sperm?
Kartagener 1. Situs inversus 2. Chronic respiratory infx 3. Infertility - Mutation in dynein arm for flagella
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What fracture damages posterior urethra?
Pelvic
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Where does urine leak in urethral injury?
Retropubic space
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What does NO release cause in penis?
- Increased cGMP relaxing smooth muscle | - Increases blood flow = erection
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Role of phosphodiesterase inhibitors in erection?
Stop breakdown on cGMP allowing erection to persist
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Where does spermatogenesis occur?
Seminiferous tubules - takes 9 weeks
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Where are spermatogonia found?
Line seminiferous tubules maintaining gene pool
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Function of sertoli cells?
1. Inhibin and androgen binding protein 2. Blood testis barrier - Protect from autoimmune attack 3. Support and nourishment 4. Mullerian inhibitory factor
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Function of leydig cells?
1. Testosterone production
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What does inhibin do?
Release by sertoli stopping FSH secretion
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What do FSH and LH stimulate in males?
LH: Leydig FSH: Sertoli
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Negative feedback of testosterone?
LH
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Sertoli or leydig cells impacted by temperature?
- Sertoli: sperm count will drop | - Leydig cells produces normal testosterone with increased temp
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What is inferior to spermatic artery?
Ureter
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Where do ovarian vessels lie?
Suspensory ligament
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Where do uterine vessels lie?
Cardinal ligament
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Impact of LH in women?
Acts on theca converting cholesterol to testosterone via desmolase
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Function of FSH in women?
On granulosa cells to convert androgen to estrogen via aromatose
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Functions of progesterone?
1. Increasing endometrial secretions / spiral artery development 2. Decreased myometrial excitability 3. Negative FSH / LH feedback 4. Maintenance of pregnancy
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Where are eggs arrested between birth and pregnancy?
Prophase of meiosis 1
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Where are secondary oocytes arrested?
Metaphase II until fertilization
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What does rising estrogen cause increase in?
LH surge causing ovulation
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What divides follicular and luteal phase?
Ovulation
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Length of luteal phase?
Always 14 days, follicular phase can vary
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Hormones high in follicular and luteal phase?
Follicular: estrogen Luteal: progesterone
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Most common cause of irregular / heavy uterine bleeding?
Anovulation: unopposed estrogen continues to build up endometrium
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What is happening with lactation during pregnancy?
- Prog and E2 are increasing breast growth however they inhibit prolactin
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What regulates prolactin release from anterior pituitary?
Dopamine
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Function of HCG?
Keep corpeus luteum functioning to secrete progesterone until placenta can create its own
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Causes of excessively high HCG?
1. Hydatidiform mole 2. Choriocarcinoma 3. Multiple gestations
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What is a good apgar score?
> 7,
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Which immunoglobulin can cross placenta?
IgG | - IgA is what is found in breast milk
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Vitamin deficiency if exclusively breast fed?
D
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FHS, LH, GNRH levels in menopause?
Elevated from loss of estrogen negative feedback | ***FSH is higher than LH
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What organs does DHT stimulate?
Penis, Scrotum, Prostate | - Testosterone responsible for internal organs
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What does 5-a-reductase do?
Convert testosterone to DHT
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What does finasteride do?
Inhibits 5-a-reductase
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What do spermatids become?
Mature spermatozoa - vira spermiogenesis
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What leads to condyloma acuminatum?
6 / 11
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Which are the low / high risk HPVs?
High: 16, 18, 31, 33 Low: 6, 11 ***Based on DNA sequencing
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What is lichen sclerosis?
- Thinning of epidermis and fibrosis of dermis - Presents with leukoplakia with parchment like skin - Benign with small risk of SCC
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What is lichen simplex chronicus?
- Hyperplasia of vulval epithelium - Leukoplakia w/ thick leathery skin - From chronic irritation - No risk of cancer
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2 etiologies of vulvar carcinoma?
1. HPV - 16, 18, 31, 33 - younger females | 2. Non HPV - lichen sclerosis - older females
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What is extramammary paget's?
- Erythematous, itchy ulcerated skin on vulva - Carcinoma in situ with NO underlying carcinoma * **In breast means there IS cancer
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How to tell pagets from melanoma?
Paget's: PAS +, Keratin +, S100 - | Melanoma: PAS - / Keratin - / S100 +
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What is the vagina derived from?
Upper 2/3: Mullerian duct | Lower 1/3: urogenital sinus
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What happens to vaginal lining in development?
Upper 2/3 from mullerian duct is originally columnar that is replaced by squamous migrating up from lower 1/3
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What is adenosis? What is the risk?
- Persistence of columnar cells up upper 2/3 vagina - Normally replaced by Squamous - Increased risk from DES in utero - Has increased risk of clear cell adenocarcinoma
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What does DES lead to increased risk in?
- Adenosis progressing to clear cell adenocarcinoma
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What is risk with DES in mother?
Breast cancer
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Presentation of embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma?
- Bleeding grape like mass protruding from vagina or penis | - Usually seen
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What is the following histology indicative of: - Cytoplasmic cross striations - Positive IHC staining for desmin and myogen
Rhabdomyoblast cells see in rhabdomyocarcoma
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Where do upper and lower vagina drain to?
Upper 2/3: illiac nodes | Lower 1/3: Inguinal nodes
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Mutations involved in high risk HPV?
E6: knocks out p53 E7: knocks out retinoblastoma
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What does P53 do?
- Regulate G1 - S phase in cell cycle | - Makes sure any damage is repaired before progress is allowed
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What happens when p53 doesnt want cell to progress?
- Calls in Bax - Bax knocks out BLC2 which was stabilizing mitochondrial membrane keeping cytochrome C inside - Cytochrome C activates apoptosis killing cell
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What does RB do?
- Holds E2F: when RB is phosphorylated it releases it | allowing cell cycle to progress
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Difference between CIS and dysplasia?
CIS is not reversible and will soon invade
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Risk factors for cervical carcinoma?
1. HPV: most important 2. Smoking 3. Immunodeficiency: aids defining illness
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What types of cancer does HPV cause?
1. SCC | 2. Adenocarcinoma
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Where does cervical cancer invade?
Through anterior uterine wall into bladder causing hydronephrosis
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What is next step after abnormal pap?
Confirmatory colposcopy and biopsy
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2 limitations of pap?
1. Does Not screen for adenocarcinoma | 2. Not effective if you dont wipe transformation zone
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What does HPV vaccination cover?
- 6, 11, 16, 18 - Lasts 5 years - Still need paps
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Hormonal impact on endometrium?
Grows with estrogen, prepares with progesterone, sheds with removal of P
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What is asherman syndrome?
- Secondary amenorrhea from loss of basalis and scarring | - Usually from over aggressive D and C
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What is regenerative layer of endometrium?
Basalis: grows to produce functionalis which sheds with menstruation
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What is anovulatory cycle?
- Go through proliferative phase by no ovulation occurs - No secretory phase will occur - Leads to dysfunctional uterine bleeding in menarche and menopause
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What is required for diagnosis of chronic endometritis?
Plasma cell on histology
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Which drug can cause endometrial polyp?
Tamoxifen: anti estrogen in breast but pro in uterus
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What is adenomyosis?
Endometriosis that has involved the myometrium
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Risk of endometriosis?
Cancer at the site it has seeded
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What is endometrial hyperplasia?
- Hyperplasia of endometrial glands relative to stroma due to unopposed estrogen - Presents as postmenopausal uterine bleeding
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Most important predictor for progression of endometrial hyperplasia to cancer?
Cellular atypia
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2 pathways of endometrial carcinoma? Histology? Cause?
1. Hyperplasia: endometrioid histology seen 2. Sporadic: serous / papillary histology seen - P53 mutations - Psammoma bodies can be seen
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2 types of cancer with psammoma bodies?
1. Mesothelioma 2. Sporadic endometrial carcinoma 3. Papillary thyroid cancer 4. Meningioma
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What is a leiomyoma?
- Benign tumor of myometrial smooth muscle - MULTIPLE, 2hite whorled masses - From estrogen exposure
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What are multiple, white whorley masses indicative of?
Leiomyoma - benign process
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Difference in appearance between leiomyoma and leiomyosarcoma?
Leiomyoma: multiple, white whorled masses - Pre menopause Leiomyosarcoma: single mass with hemorrhage and necrosis - Post menopause
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Most common presentation of leiomyoma?
Asymptomatic
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Do leiomyomas become sarcomas?
No, the sarcoma arises de novo
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What does a follicle consist of?
Oocyte surrounded by granulosa and theca cells
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Hormone impact on follicle?
1. LH causes theca to make androgen 2. FSH makes granulosa turn andro to estrodiol 3. Estradiol allows oocyte to mature
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What happens if a follicle degenerates?
Becomes a follicular cyst
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Hormonal characteristic of PCOD?
LH:FSH > 2
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Why is FSH low in PCOD?
- Androgens are being converted to estrogens in fat by aromatase - This estrione goes back to pituitary shutting down FHS - Follicles begin to degenerate as low FSH does not allow granulosa cells to make estradiol
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Classic presentation of PCOD?
1. Hirsutism 2. Obesity 3. Infertility 4. Oligomenorrhea 5. Insulin resistance 6. Risk of endometrial carcinoma from high circulating estrone
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What do germ cell tumors derive from?
Oocyte
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What do sex cord stromal tumors derive from?
1. Granulosa 2. Theca 3. Fibroblasts
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3 categories of ovarian tumor?
1. Germ cell 2. Sex cord stromal 3. Epithelial
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What is coelomic epithelium?
Epithelium lining the ovaries
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2 most common types of ovarian epithelial tumors?
1. Serous 2. Mucinous - Both are usually cystic
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What is a cystadenoma?
- Benign ovarian tumor filled with water or mucous - Single cyst with simple flat lining - Usually premenopause
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What is the following indicative of: | - Complex cysts with thick shaggy lining
- Cystadenocarcinoma: malignant | - Usually postmenopausal
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What is BRCA1 risk factor for?
1. Breast cancer | 2. Serous carcinoma of ovary and fallopian tube
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4 types of endothelial ovarian tumors
1. Serous 2. Mucinous 3. Endometrioid 4. Brenner tumor
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Characteristic of endometrioid ovarian tumor?
- Usually malignant - Usually from endometriosis - 15% have endometrial carcinoma as well
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Cells in brenner tumor?
Urothelium
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What is ovarian tumor with urothelium in it?
Brenner tumor
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What is CA-125 a marker for?
- Released by surface epithelial tumors - Can be used to monitor treatment / recurrence * **Not useful in screening
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Who are germ cell tumors seen in?
Reproductive age
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Types of germ cell tumors?
1. Cystic teratoma 2. Embryonal 3. Yolk sac / endodermal sinus tumor 4. Dysgerminoma 5. Choriocarcinoma
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How to tell if cystic teratoma is benign or malignant?
1. Immature tissue = malignant - Often have neuroectoderm 2. Somatic malignancy = malignant potential - IE skin tissue in tumor could have squamous cell carcinoma
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What is struma ovarii?
- Cystic teratoma of mainly thyroid tissue that can lead to hyperthyroid
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What is the following indicative of: - Large cells with clear cytoplasm and central nuclei - Elevated LDH
Dysgerminoma | - Looks like an oocyte
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Male equivalent of dysgerminoma?
Seminoma
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Prognosis for dysgerminoma?
Responsive to radiotherapy
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What is the following indicative of: - Elevated AFP - Schiller duval bodies - glomeruloid like structures
Yolk sac / endometrial sinus tumor
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Tumor often seen in kids?
Yolk sac
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Characteristics of endometrial sinus tumor?
1. Elevated AFP 2. Yolk sac like 3. Schiller duval bodies 4. Common in kids
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Characteristics of choriocarcinoma?
1. High BHCG 2. Poor chemoresponse 3. Tropho / syncytiotrophoblasts without villi 4. Small and hemorrhagic with hematogenous spread - Placental cells are naturally programmed to find vessels
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Presentation of granulosa / theca tumor?
- Estrogen production and signs of that excess
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Characteristics of sertoli leydig tumor?
- Reinke crystals - Sertoli cells forming tubules - Hirsutism and virilization
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What are reinke crystals indicative of?
Sertoli leydig tumor
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Presentation of ovarian fibroma?
Meigs syndrome: 1. Pleural effusion 2. Ascites
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What is a krukenberg tumor?
- Mucinous carcinoma that spreads to both ovaries | - Usually diffuse gastric carcinoma
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Characteristic cell of diffuse gastric carcinoma?
Signet ring cell: nucleus pushed to one side because cell is full of mucus
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What causes pseudomyxoma peritonei?
- Mucinous carcinoma of the appendix - Makes abundant mucus in peritoneum - Also spreads to ovary
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Risk factors for ectopic?
Scarring from: 1. PID 2. Endometriosis
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Causes of spontaneous abortion?
1. Chromosomal abnormalities 2. Hypercoagulable state 3. Congenital infection 4. Teratogens
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What is placenta previa?
"preview of the placenta" - Has inserted near the cervical OS - 3rd trimester bleeding - Requires C-section so baby doesn't compress placental blood supply as it moves through canal
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What is placental abruption?
- Placenta separates from decidua prior to delivery - 3rd semester bleeding - Still birth
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What is placenta accreta?
- Direct implantation of placenta into myometrium | - Inability to deliver placenta often resulting in hysterectomy
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To what layer does the placenta attach?
Decidua
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What is preeclampsia?
Pregnancy induced: 1. Hypertension 2. Proteinuria 3. Edema * *Caused by problem with placenta vascular interface
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What is fibrinoid necrosis of vessels in placenta associated with?
Preecplampsia
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What is eclampsia?
- Preeclampsia + seizures
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What is HELLP?
Preeclampsia + : - Hemolysis - Elevated Liver enzymes - Low Platelets * Arises from small thrombi in liver vasculature
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What increases risk of SIDs?
1. Smoking 2. Prematurity 3. Sleeping on stomach
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What are swollen and edematous villi with proliferation of trophoblasts indicative of?
- Hydatidiform mole
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Presentation of mole?
- Uterus larger than should be for date - BHCG higher than should be for date - Passage of grape like masses in second trimester: swollen villi
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What is snow storm appearance on ultrasound indicative of?
- Mole
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Genetic composition of complete v. partial mole?
Complete: 46 chromosomes Partial: 69 chromosomes
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Which mole shows fetal tissue?
Partial
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Which mole demonstrates greater villous edema?
Complete
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Which mole has greater trophoblastic proliferation?
Complete
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Which mole has risk for choriocarcinoma?
Complete
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What secretes bHCG?
Syncytiotrophoblasts
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How do pathways of choriocarcinoma respond to chemo?
Gestational (mole): well | Germ Cell tumor: poor
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Cause of hypospadias?
- Failure of urethral folds to close | - On lower side of penis
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Cause and association of hypospadias?
- Abnormal position of genital tubercle | - Associated with bladder exstrophy
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What is lymphogranuloma venereum?
- Necrotizing granulomatous inflammation of inguinal lymphatics and lymph nodes - Caused by chlamydia trachomatis - Causes fibrosis that can lead to rectal strictures
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What bowen's disease?
CIS in shaft of penis that can lead to SCC
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What is cryptorchidism?
Failure of tisticle to descend from abdomen to scrotum
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What is the cremasteric reflex and when is it absent?
- Scrotum rises when scrape inner thigh | - Testicular torsion
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What is hydrocele associated with?
- Incomplete closure of processus vaginalis | - Blockage of lymphatic drainage
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What is a seminoma equivalent to?
Dysgerminoma
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How are germ cell tumors divided in males?
1. Seminoma | 2. Nonseminoma
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Characteristics of seminoma?
- Chemo responsive - Late metastasis - Large cells with clear cytoplasm and central nuclei - Can release HCG - Homogenous mass no hemorrhage or necrosis
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Characteristics of male embryonal carcinoma?
- Immature cells that may form glands - Hemorrhage and necrosis - Aggressive with hematogenous spread - Increased AFP / HCG
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Most common testicular tumor in kids? What is elevated?
- Yolk sac | - AFP
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Which tumor is AFP classically elevated in?
- Yolk sac
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Difference between teratoma in males and females?
Benign in females, malignant in males
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What to think if testicular mass in > 60yo?
Diffuse large B cell lymphoma
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Presentation of acute prostatitis?
1. Pain on urination 2. Fever 3. Chills
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What is risk for cancer in BPH?
None
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Where does BPH occur?
Periurethral zone of prostate
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What is hydronephrosis?
- Dilation of kidney and ureter from backup of fluid | - Can occur in BPH
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Where does prostate cancer appear?
- Posterior | - Does not produce urinary symptoms because of this leading to late presentation
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What is the grading scale for prostate cancer?
"Gleason grading scale" | - Based solely on architecture with atypia not a factor
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Where does prostate cancer like to spread?
- Lumbar spine with osteoblastic metastasis | - Low back pain with increased alk phos
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What does alkaline phosphatase indicated?
Osteoblastic activity
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What is leuprolide?
GNRH agonist that will shut down HPA decreasing DHT cancer is dependant on
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Most common cause of nipple discharge of blood?
Intraductal papilloma
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What can a uniformly enlarged uterus be indicative of?
1. Molar pregnancy | 2. Adenomyosis
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Another name for leiomyomas?
Fibroids
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Do leiomyomas enlarge the uterus?
Yes but irregularly
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What is needed to treat PID?
Coverage of both: 1. Gonorrhea: 3rd generation cephalo 2. Chlamydia: azythro or doxy
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What does tetracycline cause in fetus?
Teeth staining
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What does chloramphenicol cause in fetus?
Gray baby syndrome
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What doe TMP sulfate cause in babies?
Neural tube defects
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What do aminoglycosides cause in fetus?
Ototoxicity
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What does valproate cause in pregnancy?
Neural tube defects
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Another name for measles and german measles?
Measles: rubeola German: rubella
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Rubella presentation in adult?
Polyarthralgia
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Rubella presentation in kid?
1. Deaf 2. Cataracts 3. Heart malformations
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What happens to urethral folds in women?
Do not fold forming labia minor - Hypospadias if dont fuse in male
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What does low serum AFP mean?
Trisomies
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What does elevated AFP mean?
1. Neural tube defects 2. Ventral wall defects 3. Multiple gestations
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In utero lab values in downs?
- Low AFP - Low unconjugated Estriol - Increased HCG - Increased inhibin
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What causes syphilis?
Treponema pallidum
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Diagnosis of syphilis?
Darkfield microscopy
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What is given to mimic LH surge in fertility therapy?
HCG
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What is menotropin?
Given in fertility therapy to mimic FSH and stimulate follicle
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What is the following indicative of: - Purulent vaginal discharge - Friable cervix with easy bleeding
Gonococcal cervicitis
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Diagnosis of gonorrhea?
DNA amplification
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What is cholelithiasis and who is it most common in?
Gallstones: "Fat, fertile, female, forty"
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What causes gallstones in pregnant ladies?
Estrogen: cholesterol hypersecretion Progesterone: gallbladder hypomotility
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What is the egg arrested in prior to fertilization?
Metaphase of meiosis II
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Where are eggs arrested prior to ovulation?
Prophase Meiosis I
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3 ways DS occurs?
1. Nondisjunction: trisomy 2. Unbalanced translocation 3. Mosaicism
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What can a germ cell tumor secrete causing signs of hyperthyroid?
HCG has same beta subunit as TSH
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What do kegels strengthen?
Levator ani muscle of the pelvic floor
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Turners presentation?
1. Streak gonad 2. Shield chest 3. CV abnormalities: bicuspid / coarct 4. Webbed neck 5. Short stature 6. Horseshoe kidney 7. Low ears and hairline
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Epithelial cells in ovary?
Cuboidal
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Where are call exner bodies seen?
Granulosa cell tumors - "cuboidal cells in sheets with gland like structures"
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Do you ligate the ovarian ligament or suspensory ovarian ligament?
Suspensory
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Where does the milk line run?
From the vulva to the axilla: breast tissue and pathology can hence happen anywhere along this line
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What is functional unit of breast?
Terminal duct lobular unit: lobules make milk which drain via duct to nipple
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Two layers of epithelium in TDLU?
1. Luminal layer: innermost | 2. Myoepithelial: muscle squeezing duct to propel milk
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Is galactorrhea sign of breast cancer?
No, usually from drugs, prolactinoma, or stimulation
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Normal cause of acute mastitis?
Staph aureus during breast feeding
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Common cause of periductal mastitis?
- Specialized luminal epithelium requires vit A - Smoking leads to deficit so cannot maintain leading to squamous metaplasia - Squamous produces keratin plugging ducts = inflammation - Leads to mass in subareolar region
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Presentation of periductal mastitis?
- Lump in areolar region from keratin block | - Fibrin and fibroblasts released for healing = contraction of nipple as myos pull in
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What is mammary duct ectasia?
- Inflammation of wall of subareolar duct = dilation - Leads to brown / green nipple discharge - Mass can be felt as well * **Usually seen in postmenopausal women
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What is green brown nipple discharge characteristic of?
- Mammary duct ectasia - mass in postmenopausal women that IS NOT cancerous
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Presentation of fat necrosis?
- Mass on exam of calcification on mammogram from saponification and giant cells
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Cause of fibrocystic change?
- Rise and fall of progesterone levels over time
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What is the most common change in premenopausal women?
- Fibrocystic change with lumpy breast in upper/outer quadrant
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What is cystis with blue domed appearance indicative of?
Fibrocystic change
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Types of fibrocystic change and risk for cancer?
1. Fibrosis, cysts, apocrine metaplasia: 0 2. Ductal hyperplasia w/ sclerosing adenosis: 2x - Often calcified 3. Atypical hyperplasia: 5x (both breasts) - Ductal or lobular * ***Not that these are future risk for cancers not that she currently has them
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Apocrine metaplasias risk for cancer?
Zero
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What is intraductal papilloma?
- Normal epithelial and myo layers but has formed papillary projection into duct that often bleeds in nipple - Premenopausal * **If carcinoma no myoepithelial cells
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What is most common tumor in premenopausal women?
Fibroadenoma - benign neoplasm
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Characteristics of fibroadenoma?
- Tumor of tissues and glands - Benign neoplasm in premenopause - Well circumscribed marble like mass that is estrogen sensitive - Grow and change in pregnancy, menopause, menstrual cycle
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Risk of cancer in fibroadenoma?
None
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What is a phyllodes tumor?
- Fibroadenoma with overgrowth of fibrous part in leaf like projections * *Can be malignant unlike normal fibroadenoma - Post menopause
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Breast common stats in women?
- #1 cause cancer in women | - #2 cause of death
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How is DCIS usually detected?
- Too small for mass | - Calcification on mammogram
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Benign breast changes with fat necrosis?
1. Fat necrosis (saponification) | 2. Sclerosing adenosis (2x risk cancer)
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What is paget disease of nipple?
- DCIS that has climbed up duct to nipple - Presents with nipple ulceration and erythema - Always underlying carcinoma
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Benign cause of nipple retraction?
Periductal mastitis
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What is desmoplastic stroma indicative of?
Invasive ductal carcinoma
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Epithelial layers indicative of breast cancer?
Normally the TDLU has 2 cell types, in cancer it will only have one
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Cancer characterized by cells in dermal lymphatics?
Inflammatory breast cancer
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Who is medullary carcinoma of breast more common in?
BRCA1 mutations
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What is dyscohesive cells lacking E cadherin indicative of?
LCIS - E cadherin is usually holding the cells together
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Treatment of LCIS?
Tamoxifen with close follow up as is a risk factor for invasive carcinoma
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Appearance of invasive lobular carcinoma?
- Grow in single file pattern as lack E-cadherin | - DO NOT form duct like structure
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Most important factor for breast cancer prognosis?
- Metastasis | * ***Hard to detect so spread to axilla is most important
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What is sentinel node biopsy?
- Assesses axillary nodes for spread of breast cancer | - Inject blue dye in breast and follow where it goes
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3 predictive factors in breast cancers response to treatment?
1. ER - tamoxifen response (antiestrogenic) 2. PR - tamoxifen response 3. HER2/Neu - trastuzimab
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What indicates tumor responsive to trastuzumab?
Her2/neu positive
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What indicates tumor responsive to tamoxifen?
ER/PR+
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What does BRCA1 put you at first for?
1. Invasive medullary breast cancer - Other breast cancers as well 2. Ovarian cancer
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Mutation in breast cancer in Males?
BRCA2
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Klinefelter genotype? Cause?
- 47XXy occurring from non disjunction | - One usually becomes bar body
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Presentation of klinefelter?
1. Tall 2. Long limbs 3. Developmental delay - learning and behavior 4. Gynecomastia 5. Feminine 6. Euchenoid body appearance 7. Dystrophic seminiferous tubules as sertoli dont make inhibin 8. Cryptorchidism and infertility
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What causes marfan?
- Defect in fibrillin gene
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Serology in klinefelter's?
- Sertolis not secreting inhibin = increased FSH - Leydig deficient in testosterone = increased LH - Increased E : T ratio
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Genotype in turner?
45 XO
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Turner presentation?
1. Short 2. Shield chest 3. Web neck 4. Pre ductal Coarcted / bicuspid aorta 5. Ovarian dysgenesis 6. Cystic hygroma - neck mass 7. Streak ovary: low E, high FSH / LH * Most common cause primary amenorrhea
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Why is turner so short?
Only one copy of SHOX gene which is responsible for long bone growth
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Difference in primary and secondary amenorrhea?
Primary: never had period Secondary: had period then stopped
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What is female hermaphrodite? Cause?
- XX genotype - External external genitalia or male like - Testosterone exposure of CAH
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Why do you have female external sexual characteristics in androgen insensitivity?
Testis produce some estrogen which is now unopposed since body cannot respond to angrogens
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What happens in 5-a-reductase deficiency?
- Cannot convert T to DHT - Abnormal male externals until puberty - Normal T and maybe increased LH
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What is kallmann syndrome?
- Low GNRH from failed migration - Defect in brain is next to smell center so have anosmia - Delayed or absent puberty: micro penis - Lack of secondary characteristics
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Difference in bleeding in placenta abrupta and previa?
Abrupta is painful, previa is not
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What does double bubble sign indicate?
Duodenal atresia
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Hormone ration diagnostic of PCOD?
LH:FHS > 3
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Most common cause of anovulation?
PCOS
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Marker to monitor ovarian cancer?
Ca-125
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What are call exner bodies indicative of?
Granulosa cell tumor | "you need to call your granny"
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Presentation of leiomyoma?
- Estrogen sensitive, abnormal bleeding in younger women - Whorled appearance - DO NOT move to sarcoma
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Treatment for fibroadenoma of breast?
Not malignant, give reassurance
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What is elevated placental alk phos indicative of?
Seminoma
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What causes insulin resistance in pregnancy?
- HpL: human placental lactogen | - Mother is wanting to increase free glucose for baby and this helps
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What does HpL cause?
Increased insulin resistance during pregnancy / gestational diabetes
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What is mifepristone?
Progesterone antagonist that can be used in abortion
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What is misoprostol?
PGE1 analogs causing cervical softening and uterine contractions that can be used in abortion or to induce pregnancy
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Where are the sertoli cells found?
Within the seminifarous tubules
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What does inhibin regulate?
- Decreases FSH | - Produced by sertoli cells in seminiferous tubules which are heat sensitive
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Clotting factor status in pregnancy?
Increased VII, VIII, X, VwF to prevent bleeding
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Protective factors for ovarian cancer?
1. Multiparity 2. Breast feeding 3. Oral contraceptives
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Where is narrow high arched palate seen?
Turner
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Does adenomyosis lead to infertility and painful sex?
Yes
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Blood supply to uterus?
- Uterine arteries off the internal iliac | - If ligated blood flow maintained from collateral circulation from ovarian
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Is HSV 2 lesion painful?
Yes - mulitple lesions
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Is Syphilis lesion painful?
No - usually single lesion
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Common bacteria in septic abortion?
Staph
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2 bugs implicated in PID?
1. Gonorrhea | 2. Chlamydia
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How does prostate cancer spread to spine?
Vertebral venous plexus
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Artery at risk of being cut in opening rectus abdominus?
Inferior epigastric