Wk3 Gyn Path Flashcards
infection of UPPER genital tract
PID
pelvic inflammatory disease
commonest cause of vaginal discharge in women of reproductive age?
Bacterial vaginosis
Cause of bacterial vaginosis
decreased lactobacilli –> increased pH
–> overgrowth of G- anaerobe
**Gardnerella vaginalis
clue cells
bacterial vaginosis
Commonest curable STD in the world:
Trichomona vaginalis
What kind of bug is T. vaginalis?
flagellated protozoan
white plaques resembling curdled milk
Candida albicans
solitary
PAINLESS
ulceration
Syphilis
low risk HPV genotypes
6
11
high risk HPV genotypes
16
18
condyloma acuminatum
genital warts
koilocytic atypia
HPV 6 or 11
HPV 16 or 18 high risk for:
invasive squamous carcinoma
Two types of “Classic” vulvar dermatoses:
- lichen simplex chronica
- lichen sclerosis
**typically appear white (leukoplakia)
vulvar dermatosis
irritated, HYPERPLASTIC skin
lichen simplex chronica
vulvar dermatosi
Atrophic epidermis (thin)
subepidermal edema
lichen sclerosis
commonest tumefication of the vulva
caused by a duct obstruction
Bartholin cyst (Bartholin gland disease)
Mammary like neoplasm
Hidradenoma papilliferum
Wart due to low risk HPV
Condyloma
VIN (vulvar intraepithilial neoplasia)
reproductive age women
Common (HPV) type
VIN (vulvar intraepithilial neoplasia)
no relation to HPV
post-menopausal women
“Differentiated” type
non-squamous vulvar malignancy
post-menopausal white women
high mortality if > 1 mm thickness
Melanoma
intraepithelial adenocarcinoma
post menopausal white women
Extr-mammary Paget’s disease
Polypoid GRAPE-LIKE tumor
infants/young children
Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma
endoCERVICAL gland mucous retention cyst
Nabothian
BIG association with Cervical carcinoma
HPV > 95%
Area of cervix most susceptible to HPV infection
transformation zone
immature squamous epithelium