Women's health misc

Question 1

Explain ectopy

Answer 1

Cervic has squamous epithelium and becomes columnar going into the endocervical canal. During puberty and rpregnancy, this squamo-columnar-junction comes lower until part of the columnar epithelium is exposed to the low Ph of the vagina. This is a transitional zone for cervical cancer

Question 2

When is the HPV vaccine given

Answer 2

once, at 2 months and then at 6 months for girls ages 12-13

Question 3

Endometrial cancer red flags?

Answer 3

50 yrs over, post menopausal bleading or irregular bleading. exposure to oestrogen, PCOS< late menarche,

Question 4

Name a high dose progesteorne?

Answer 4

medroxyprogesterone acetate

Question 5

What can HPV increase the risk of?

Answer 5

cervical intraepithelial neoplasia

Question 6

Which strains of HPV cause cervical cancer msot notoriously

Answer 6

16 and 18. 6 and 7 ar emost common causes of infection

Question 7

Causes of vulva cancer?

Answer 7

VIN (HPV)/ Lichen Sclerosis

Question 8

Investigations for suspected ovArian cancer?

Answer 8

CA125
Ultrasound (USS)
Symptoms and age - post menopausal IBS symptoms

Question 9

Gene mutations which cause ovarian cancer?

Answer 9

BRCA1/2 and HNPCC