Test 3 Deck 3 Flashcards
What are the first and second MC vulvar cancers?
Squamous cell MC (vestibule) then
Malignant melanoma (poor prognosis)
Vulvar cancer in a person less than <55 is MC linked to what?
HPV
Vulvar cancer in a woman 55+ is most like a NONSMOKER, and it linked to ___ ___.
Lichen sclerosis
What two things make you much more likely to develop vulvar cancer?
Smoker + genital warts
What is the presentation of early vulvar cancer?
Pruritis and visible lesion (pain bleeding, ulceration, inguinal mass)
What is the evuaaltion procedure for vulvar cancer?
Vulvoscopy (4mm punch, acetowhite)
Treatment for vulvar cancer?
Wide local excision (1A) good prognosis,
Radical vulvar resection (w/ inguinal lymphadenectomy + chemo)
What is the follow up for vulvar cancer?
Q3 months 2 years, q6 months 5 years, annually
What indicates very poor prognosis for vulvar cancer?
Recurrence
Vaginal cancer is most commonly from where?
Somewhere else
Very old 80+ year old woman presents w/ vaginal bleeding (MC), and dysuria, hematuria, urgency/ constipation. Dx__
Vaginal cancer, anterior wall for the urine stuff and posterior for the constipation
What is the treatment for vaginal cancer?
Surgery, radiation, chemo
Endometrial hyperplasia is a result of?
Anovulation
What is the gold standard diagnosis for a woman w/ suspected endometrial hyperplasia?
Endometrial biopsy, but can use TVUS in a post menopausal woman
POST menopausal woman w/ complaint of bleeding presents. You perform a transvaginal U/S and see thickened endometrium >4mm. What do you do?
Endometrial biopsy, looking for endometrial atypia
What is the treatment for atypical endometrial hyperplasia in a post-menopausal woman?
Hysterectomy and BSO