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Repro Session 3 Flashcards

1
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What is pubarche?

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Development of axillary and pubic hair

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What is menarche?

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1st menstrual period

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What is adrenarche?

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Onset of an increase in androgen secretion

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What is puberty?

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Stage of human development when sexual maturation and growth are completed form the primary sexual characteristics established before birth

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What is the fixed order of events seen in puberty?

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Accelerated somatic growth, maturation of primary sexual characteristics, appearance of secondary sexual characteristics, menstruation/spermatogenesis begin

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What accounts for the 10% difference in height between men and women?

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Women undergo somatic growth earlier and for less time due to closure of epiphysis by oestrogen

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What does genital maturation depend on in males?

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Testosterone

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Why does the reproductive system not work before puberty?

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Low GnRH secretion –> low hormone levels so LH and FSH are insufficient

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9
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Where is there low level androgen secretion from prior to puberty?

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Adrenals

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10
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What initiates onset of puberty?

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Brain increasing GnRH –> steady rise in LH and FSH

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How does nutrition affect onset of puberty?

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Critical weight of 47 kg of menarche needs to be met and correlation between leptin and menarche

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What is the supporting evidence that nutrition influences the onset of puberty?

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Obese girls experience early menarche, malnutrition –> delayed menarche, primary amennorhoea in lean athletes, body fat set point seen in girls with fluctuating weight due to anorexia nervosa

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What suggests an association between onset of puberty and seasonal breeding seen in species where changes in day length alter pineal gland melanin secretion?

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Pineal tumours influencing onset of puberty in humans

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What action does TSH have in both sexes in the HPG axis?

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Increases metabolic rate and promotes tissue growth

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What are the results of increased growth hormone on the HPG axis in puberty?

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Increases insulin to descrease sex-hormone binding globulin and IGF-gpbinding protein and acts on liver to increase IGF-1 to cause somatic and neuronal growth and myelin secretion

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16
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What precedes the phenotypic changes seen in puberty by several years?

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Increase in nocturnal pulsatile LH secretion during REM sleep

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What happens at 9-12 years to lead to gonadal development?

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(Less sensitive hypothalamic neurones?) LH and FSH levels rise

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What are the results of the LH and FSH rise at ~10 y.o. In males?

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Spermatogenesis and androgen secretion

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What are the affects of increased androgen secretion in males during puberty?

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Growth of sex accessory structures (prostate), male secondary sex characteristics, retention of mineral in body for bone and muscle growth

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Which cells in the male secrete oestrogen?

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Sertoli

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What is the pattern of phenotypic changes seen in male puberty?

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Testicular volume increases –> public hair grows and spermatogenesis occurs –> growth spurt –> adult genitalia and pubic hair develop

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What is the pattern of phenotypic changes seen in female puberty?

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Thelarche and pubic hair growth –> adrenarche, growth spurt and onset of menstrual cycle –> menarche, adult pubic hair and breasts

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What are the female secondary sex characteristics?

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Growth of pelvis, SC fat, reproductive organ and genitalia growth

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What effects does increasing androgen release by the adrenal glands have on the female during puberty?

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Growth of public hair, lowering of voice, growth of bone and increased secretion from sebaceous glands

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25
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Is the LH surge in the first ovarian cycle usually enough for ovulation?

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No

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26
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What is considered normal pubertal development in boys?

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Age of start (yrs): 12.5

First sign of puberty: testicular volume

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What is considered normal pubertal development in girls?

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Age of start (yrs): 11.5
First sign of puberty: breast development
Growth velocity (cm/yr): 9.0
Duration (yrs): 2.4 +/- 1.1

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What are the 5 stages of Tanner standard for girls?

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Breast: B1-5
Pubic hair: Pu1-5
Axillary hair: A1-5
Menarche

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What are the 5 stages of Tanner standard used in male puberty?

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Testicular volume > 4 ml: Te
Penis enlargement: G1-5
Pubic hair: Pu1-5
Axillary hair: A1-5
Spermarche
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30
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How does prepubertal and pubertal growth velocity compare?

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Pubertal approx 2/3 X greater than prepubertal

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When does male puberty usually occur?

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9-14 y.o.

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When does female puberty usually occur?

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8-13 y.o.

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What affects the precise timing of the LH surge during the ovarian cycle?

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Environmental factors such as day length and altitude

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34
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What is precocious puberty?

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Onset of puberty >2 s.d. before average age (girls

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What is the prevalence of precocious puberty?

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1 in 5000 to 1 in 10,000

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What two types of precocious puberty are there?

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Gonadotrophin dependent (central) and gonadotrophins independent (neurological)

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What are the causes of central precocious puberty?

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Tumours (gliomas, astrocytomas, hCG-secreting germ cell)
CNS trauma/injury (infection, radiation, surgery)
Harmatoma of the hypothalamus
Congenital: hydrocephalus, arachnoid cysts
Gonadotrophin secreting tumour

38
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Why is neurological precocious puberty known as precocious pseudopuberty?

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Secondary sexual characteristics arise independent of the HPG axis therefore gonadotrophins are not involved

39
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What are the hormone changes in neurological precocious puberty?

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Raised testosterone and oestrogen causing suppression of LH and FSH with no pulsatile GnRH

40
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What are the causes of neurological precocious puberty?

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Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Tumours (hCG-secreting in liver, pineal, mediastinal, choriocarcinomas of gonads)
Testotoxicosis
Therapeutic/accidental exogenous androgen exposure

41
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What is testotoxicosis?

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Also known as familial male precocious puberty it is an autosomal dominant condition causing rapid physical growth, skeletal maturation and sexual aggression at 2-3 y.o.

42
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What can delayed puberty be define as?

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Initial physical changes of puberty not present (girls 13 y.o. or 16 y.o. primary amennorhoea, boys 14 y.o.) or the interval between first signs of puberty and menarche/completed genital growth >5 years

43
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What are the two categories of cause of delayed puberty?

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Gonadal failure (hypergonadotrophic hypogonadism) and gonadal deficiency

44
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What can cause gonadal failure leading to delayed puberty?

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Turners syndrome, post malignancy (itself or Tx), polyglandular autoimmune syndromes

45
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How is Turner’s syndrome treated?

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GH and sex hormone substitution

46
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What can cause gonadal deficiency leading to delayed puberty?

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Rare gene defects inactivating FSH/LH/their receptors
Congenital hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism (+anosmia)
Hypothalamic/pituitary lesions due to tumour or radiotherapy

47
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What is thelarche?

A

Development of the breast

48
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What are the 3 stages of menopause?

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Pre-menopause, menopause and post-menopause

49
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What happens in the pre-menopausal stage of the menopause?

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~40 y.o. Changes in mestrual cycle seen as follicular phase shortens (seen earlier as decrease in oestrogen by asymptomatic)

50
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Describe the hormonal changes seen in premenopause.

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Low oestrogen, raised LH, very raised FSH

51
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What is the affect on ovulation and fertility of premenopause?

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Ovulation early/absent and fertility decreases

52
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What is the clinical definition of menopause?

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12 continuous months with no menstrual activity

53
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When is the average age of menopause?

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49-50

54
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How many follicles can develop at the menopause?

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None

55
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What are the effects of the large decrease in oestrogen in the menopause?

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Regression of endometrium, shrinkage of myometrium, thinning of cervix, reduction in vaginal and skin tone, involution of breast tissue, loss of pelvic and bladder tone causing urinary incontinence

56
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What is the name given to the symptom experienced when vascular changes in the menopause allow transient rises in skin temperature and flushing?

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Hot flushes

57
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Why do some menopausal women experience osteoporosis?

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Low oestrogen enhances osteoclasts and removes stimulation of osteoblasts

58
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At what rate does bone mass decrease following the menopause?

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2.5% per year

59
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What are the benefits of HRT?

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Relieves menopausal symptoms, improves well-being and limits osteoporosis

60
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What is HRT not advised for?

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First line for osteoporosis or cardioprotective effect

61
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Describe the end of reproductive life in the male.

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No obvious decline in androgen levels, only gradual decline in testosterone levels therefore sperm production continues

62
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When should LH and FSH be measured in menstrual dysfunction?

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Beginning of cycle

63
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Describe the regularity of the menstrual cycle across reproductive life.

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Best between 20-40 y.o. as cycle is longer after menarche and shorter premenopause

64
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How might a polyp in the female reproductive tract present?

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Irregular bleeding +/- bleeding after intercourse

65
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If a polyp in the female reproductive tract has metaplastic or dysplastic tissue where in the polyp will this be?

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At the base

66
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What pathology causes an irregular endometrial wall visible on hysterescopy?

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Hyperplasia

67
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Why does endometrial cancer have a good mean 5 year survival rate?

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Presents early

68
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What is the implication of a BRCA gene mutation in endometrial cancer?

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Likely clear cell tumours and to be more aggressive

69
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How does endometrial cancer commonly present?

A

Post menopausal bleeding

70
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What type of pts are at an increased risk of endometrial cancer?

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PCOS

71
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What is the mean blood loss per menstrual cycle?

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37-43 ml

72
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When is the majority of blood lost in menses?

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First 48 hours

73
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What proportion of the 9-14% of women that lose >80 ml of blood per menstrual cycle are anaemic?

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60-70%

74
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Give some causes of menstrual dysfunction that present as an abnormality in the amount of blood lost.

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Abnormal clotting, fibroids, IUCD, cancer, progesterone contraception, DUB

75
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What are fibroids?

A

Myometrium tissue arranged in a whirled pattern that can be subserous, intramural or submucous

76
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What is dysfunctional uterine bleeding?

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Heavy bleeding with no recognisable pathology, pregnancy or general bleeding disorders

77
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When is DUB common?

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Premenopause

78
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What does biopsy of the endometrium in DUB during premenopause show?

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Evidence of dysynchronous hormones

79
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What questions are useful when considering menorrhagia?

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Any flooding, passing large clots, need for double protection or time off work?

80
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What is the most likely cause of amennorhoea?

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Pregnancy

81
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What is primary amennorhoea?

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Absence/failure of ovary causing failure of menses by 16 y.o. or if secondary sexual characteristics have failed to appear by 13 y.o.

82
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What is secondary amennorhoea?

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Cessation of menses following menarche

83
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What is cryptomenorrhoea?

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Where blood is produced but cannot exit e.g. uterine stenosis or imperforate hymen

84
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What uterine/endometrial causes of amennorhoea are there?

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Surgical menopause, laser ablation of basalis endometrium

85
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What ovarian causes of amennorhoea are there?

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Turner syndrome, primary ovarian insufficiency/premature ovarian failure

86
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How can microprolactinoma cause amennorhoea?

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Causes excess of prolactin causing HPG axis to fail leading to amennorhoea and galactorrhoea

87
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What hypothalamic disorders can lead to amennorhoea?

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Eating disorders, exercise, stress, thyroid dysfunction, idiopathic

88
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How can low weight lead to amennorhoea?

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Low weight –> lack of adipose –> low oestrogen so HPG axis uncontrolled

89
Q

Which arteries are found in the germinalis layer of the endometrium?

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Spiral and basal

90
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Which arteries are found in the myometrium?

A

Arcuate arteries

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