Week 4: Cervix Flashcards
Cervical pathology basics
90% of cervical pathology falls into three categories
- Acute and chronic cervicitis
- endocervical polyps
- cervical epithelial abnormalities
- squamous atypia
- squamous dysplasia
- carcinoma: Squamous cell and adenocarcinoma
Uterine anatomy
Cervix anatomy
Cervix anatomy
Cervical squamous epithelia
Cervical histology
Endocervical polyps
Endocervical polyps histology
Soft poft polyps with dilated glands and active stroma
Endocervical polyps epidemiology
benign inflammatory hyperplasia seen in 2-5% of women
Endocervical polyps gross histological features
- Small to large (5cm) masses arising in the endocervix and protruding through os
- Soft polyps with dilated glands and active stroma
What is Acute and chronic cervicitis
- Cervical transformation zone undergoes changes at menarche with estrogen increase and exposure to acidic vaginal fluid
- Endocervical glandular epithelium transformed to squamous epithelium: Squamous metaplasia
- epithelium glycogenated; substrate for organisms
- Acute and chronic inflammation increase
- Cervix colonized by nonpathogenic bacteria
- endogenous aerobes and anaerobes, lactobacilli, streptococci, staphylococci, enterococci, E. coli
Acute and chronic cervicitis uncommonly present pathogenic microorganisms
- Chlamydia trachomatis
- Neisseria gonorrhoeae
- Mycoplasmas
- HSV type 2
Acute and chronic cervicitis transmission
role in sexual transmission
Acute and chronic cervicitis complications
may ascend into uterus and beyond to cause PID
Complications of PID
Fertility problems and pregnancy complications such as ectopic pregnancy
Histology of Cervical transformation zone w/ squamous metaplasia
Histological features of chronic cervicitis
History of cervical cancer
The pap test as a screening test for cervical cancer
How good is the pap test for screening for cervical cancer?
Length of dysplasia to cervical cancer
long progression ~ 10 years
Ancillary tests to improve pap test effectiveness in screening for cervical cancer
eg HPV test
Performance of the Pap test
What type of cells should the vagina be?
what type of cells should be in the endocervical canal?
Pap test slide prep w/ normal pap test
Question 1
what is cervical dysplasia?
Histology of cervical dysplasia
What is cervical cancer?
Risk factors for cervical dysplasia and cervical cancer
8 listed
Cervical dysplasia and HPV