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In what population is ureteropelvic junction obstructions more common
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"infant boys
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pathogenesis of ureteropelvic junction obstruction
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abnormal organization of smooth muscle w abnormal depostition of collagen
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Ureteritis follicularis
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accumulation of lymphocytes forming follicles with germinal centers which elevates the mucosa and can cause obstruction
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ureteritis cystic
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very small cysts lined by flattened urothelium that are found on the mucosa
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fibroepithelial polyp
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"benign, vascularized connective tissue projecting into the lumen, can impede flow"
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Most common malignant tumor of the ureters
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transistional carcinomas
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Intrinsic obstructive lesions
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"Diverticuli
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Extrinsic Obstuctive lesions
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"Pregnancy
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Hydroureter
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ureter exands and dilates
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Hydeonephrosis
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"kidney expands
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pyelonephritis
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"infection due to statis of urinary flow usually ascending and unilateral
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Sclerosing Retroperitoneal Fibrosis
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fibrous proliferation of inflammatory process encasing retroperitoneal structures causing hydronephrosis
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what is the cause and epidemiology of sclerosing retroperitoneal fibrosis
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"drugs, 70% idiopathic, late to middle age associated with other inflammatory conditions"
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definition of cystitis
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inflammation of the bladder
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Predisposing factors for cystitis
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"calculi, obstruction, diabetes, instrumentation, immunodeficiency, cytotoxic drugs, radiation"
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clinical features of cystitis
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"frequency
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aka hunner ulcer"
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"morbitity and pain
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Malakoplakia
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"due to chronic inflamm
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Michaelis gutmann bodies
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"laminated mineralized concretions in macrophages
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polyploid cystitis
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inflammation results in polyps
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cystitis cystica"
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"metaplastic
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nephrogenic metaplasia
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"injury resulting in cuboidal metaplasia, form papillary structures looking like cancer"
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Transitional cell hyperplasia
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"benign or malignant
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papillomas
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"younger age group
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PUNLMP
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"larger, but similar to papillomas
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Low grade papillary urothelial carcinoma
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"orderly
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high grade papillary urothelial carcinoma
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"hyperchromatic nuclei
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carcinoma in situ
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"malignant cells in a flat urothelium
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Exophytic carcinoma
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"large polyploid fungating mass
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Squamous cell carcinoma (bladder)
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"less common
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adenocarcinoma (bladder)
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"rare, dont see glands
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Bladder tumors- path and epidem
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"older males
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mesenchymal tumors
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"leiomyoma
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what tumors metastasize to the bladder
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"breast, melanoma, lung, kidney, stomach, stomach, pancreas, ovary"
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Nerve supply for the bladder
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L4-S2
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Urinary system shares autonomic innervation with
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GI
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How can you check the external urinary sphincter
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"Check the anal sphincter, they share innervation paths"
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Where does the L testicular vein drain
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L Renal Vein
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Where does the right testicular vein drain
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Vena Cave
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How does kidney pain present
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Unrelenting pain unaffected by movement or position
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Uretal Pain presents:
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"severe, crescendo, radiates into testicle or labia"
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Things that can increase urinary frequency
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"increased fluids/diuretics
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most common cause of hematuria
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infecttion
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Blood in urine during the entire urination
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"Bladder, upper tracts"
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Blood in urine only in beginning
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distal prostate urethra
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Blood only at end of urination
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prostatic urethra
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definition of incontinence
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involuntary loss of urine
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Stress incontenance
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increase in abd pressure and loss of some tone of the urinary sphincters
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Urge incontinence
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inability to coluntarily inhibit the detrusor
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paradoxical incontinence
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bladder is overfilled and the overflow is released
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Most common cause of urethral discharge
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"chlamydia
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Sx of bladder outlet obstruction
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"slowing of stream
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phimosis
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narrowing of the distal prepuce making it difficult to retract
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condyloma acuminata
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hpv viral wart
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peyronie's disease
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fibrous plaque on the penile shaft making it curve during erection
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cryptorchidism
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undescended teste
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DDx for scrotal mass
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"hydrocele
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how do you treat overactive bladder
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"adernergics
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Tx for enlarged prostate
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A-adernergic antagonist
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What organisms are normal flora of the GU tract
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"none, its sterile"
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Urethritis
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"dysuria, frequency, and urgency
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Cystitis
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"same as urethritis, plus suprapubic pain, bacteria, WBC and RBC in urine"
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Pyelonephritis
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"all the sx of cystitis, plus flank pain, fever, chills and WBC casts in urine"
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Most common UTI pathogen
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E. coli
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Other bugs that cause UTI
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"S. saprophyticus (15%)
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Unusual UTI pathogens
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"Ureaplasma
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What bacteria use a hematogenous route to cause UTI
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"S. aureus
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Dx of community acquired UTI
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"9/10: dysuria, smell will be UTI
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What bacteria can be identified with nitrites in urine
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E. coli
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virulence factors for E. coli
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"Fimbriae
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Proteus
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"pili, biofilm, urease (elevates pH >7.9) flagella"
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What UTI pathogen can produce a red pigment
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serratia
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novobiocin resistant"
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saprophyticus
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novobiocin sensitive"
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S. epidermidis
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Alkaline encrusted cystitis
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Corynebacterium urealyticum
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3 arterial supplies to the adrenals
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"phrenic
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Aldosterone is made in the
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zona glomerulosa
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glucocorticoid is made
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zona fasiculata
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androgens are made
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zona reticularis
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Primary Aldosteronism
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"conn syndrome
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Dx primary aldosteronism
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"HTN
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Screening for primary aldosteronism
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"Na deprivation: Renin stays low but should get high from lack of Na
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Tx for primary aldosteronism
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Spironolactone
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ACTH dependent Cushing Disease
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"Mostly pituitary pumping out ACTH
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ACTH independent Cushing Syndrome
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Tumor in zona fasiculata
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Cushing Dx
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"24 hr urine- high cortisol
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Dexamethasone suppression test
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"Give low dose dexameth
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congenital adrenal hyperplasia
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"cannot make cortisol, makes huge amounts of sex steroid instead
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Test for pheo
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"24 hr urine VMA
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Rule of 10 for pheo
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"familial
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Stouffer Syndrome
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"kidney cancer, extremely high LFTs"
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How do you decide whether or not to image someone with GU trauma
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"anyone w gross hematuria
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Grade 1 kidney injury
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"hematoma, enclosed within gerotas fascia"
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Grade 2 kidney
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"shallow laceration, doesn't pierce cortico-medullary junction"
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grade 3 kidney
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"deeper laceration, goes through cortico-medullary junction"
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Grade 4 kidney
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"Violation of the collecting system
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Grade 5 kidney
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shattered kidney
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What is a key sign on CT for a grade 4 kidney
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"Cortical rim sign
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Why do you not need to intervene with grades 1-3
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"all enclosed within capsule, will self resolve with bedrest"
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When do you operate on renal trauma
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"pt in or and retroperitoneum fills with blood, unstable pt and must do exploratory"
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important imaging study for bladder trauma and what does it tell you
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"cystography with voiding study
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how do you treat an extraperitoneal bladder injury
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"only need a catheter, will self resolve"
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Anterior urethral trauma
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"2dary to straddle injury
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Posterior urethral trauma
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"2ndary to pelvic fracture
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management of distal urethral injury
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"retrograde urethrogram
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T1 images
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Fat is bright
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T2 images
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Fluid is bright
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How does detrusser hyperreflexia present on a cystometrogram
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bladder goes off as soon as water is added
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How does overactive bladder present on a cystometrogram
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"small volume added, bladder contracts"
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How does atonic bladder present on a cystometrogram
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"bladder doesnt feel anything, doesnt contract"
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How does sphincter-detrussor dysynergia present on a cystometrogram
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bladder wants to push urine out but sphincter wont relax
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what increases the risk of UTI
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"systemic disease
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presentation of a pyelo
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"chills, moderate fever, flank pain, NVD, malaise"
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DDx for pyelo
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"Pancreatitis
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Causes of painless hematuria
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"Renal neoplasm
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Painful hematuria
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"UTI
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What does LH stimulate
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Leydig cells to secrete testosterone
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what does FSH stimulate
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sertoli cells to initiate spermatogenesis
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maturation of sperm
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spematogonia-spematocyte-spermatids
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consideration in performing a vasectomy
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"if reversed after 5 years have 100% return of sperm
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Reasons for infertility
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"viral infection
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Analytes for sperm
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"volume, density, motility, fwd progression, morphology"
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hormonal testing for fertility
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"fsh, lh, prolactin, testosterone"
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most common cause of male infertility
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varicocele
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What method makes all older methods of reproductive assistance obsolete
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"ICSI- intracytoplasmic sperm injection
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what more serious problems can be associated with ED
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"diabetes, HTN, CVD, PVD, neurologic problems"
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chronic disease associated with low testosterone
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"diabetes
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first line therapeutics for ED
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"PDE5 inhib
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2nd line for ED
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"Intraurethral, injections, combination"
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how do PDE5 inhibs work
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"PDE5 breaks down cGMP which, cGMP causes vasodilation, SMC relaxation, and erection
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ADR of PDE5 inhibs
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"blocks PDE6 in retina- colorblind
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Where does most BPH arise in the prostate
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periurethral zone
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Why is the basal cell layer important in identifying prostate pathology
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"Prostatic CA will no have a basal layer, BPH will"
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What bacteria are responisble for acute prostatitis
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"E coli, gm neg rods, enterococci, staph"
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What is the most common chronic prostatitis
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Abacterial prostatitis
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Granulomatous Prostatitis
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"BCG therapy for bladder CA
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Prostatic infarct
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"common in large prostates
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Prostate Calculi
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"stones, looks like bird shot
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Pathogenesis of BPH
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"epithelial cells dont undergo apoptosis but become senescent, get net increase in cells
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Most common cancer in men
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Prostatic Adenocarcinoma
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Best screening approach for Prostatic adenocarcinoma
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PSA (baseline at 50) and DRE
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Prostate CA genetics
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"X linked AR gene, CAG repeats (length inversely related to risk)
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Firm gritty consistency on DRE
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"Prostate CA
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What kind of bone metastasis comes from prostate cancer
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"osteoblastic tumors, mostly im lumbar
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How does prostate cancer metastasize
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"periprostatic tissue, lymphatics, or hematogenous"
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Microscopic appearence of prostate ca
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"no basal layer
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Prostatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia
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glands are benign but lined with atypical cells
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Gleason grading system
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"take best looking set of cells and worst looking set and rank 1-5, add up the 2 scores
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what is better to look at than just simply the PSA
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"density- prostate size/psa value
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how does free PSA corelate to ca risk
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free psa is lower in cancer pts than pts with BPH
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2 types of testicular tumors
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"Germ cell (seminomas/nonseminomas)
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Germ cell tumor demo
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"young 15-24
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What do most germ cell tumors arise from
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"intratubular germ cell neoplasia
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Testicular cancer genetics
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"cKIT
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seminoma
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"Painless, very large
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Morphology of seminoma
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"Tan homogeneous cut surface
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Seminoma Microscopically
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"Sheets of uniform cells, Clear cytoplasm well defined borders
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Anaplastic seminoma
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"greater cellularity
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Spermaticytic Seminoma
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"later age group 65+
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Embryonal Carcinoma
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"smaller but more aggressive
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Histological difference between seminoma and embryonal carcinoma
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"seminoma has cKIT
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endodermal sinus tumor"
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"infants/children
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Key structure in yolk sac tumor
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schiller duval bodies
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Schiller duval body
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"endodermal sinus -like
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What markers can be seen in yold sac tumors
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"AFP, A1AT"
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Choriocarcinoma
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"Very malig and aggressive
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2 cell types in choriocarcinoma
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"synctiotrophoblasts- large irregular eosinophillic, HCG +
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teratoma with malignant transformation
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"benign teratoma that has cancerous cells. can be squamous cell, adeno, sarcoma whatever"
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Teratocarcinoma
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teratoma with embryonal carcinoma
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Teratocarcinoma morphology
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"mutlicystic
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Painless enlargement of the testes
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germ cell tumor
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biological markers for germ cell tumors
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"HCG, AFP, Lactate dehydrogenase (tumor burden)"
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leydig cell tumors
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"any age, testicular swelling
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Features of leydig cell tumor
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"golden brown homogenous cut surface
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Sertoli cell tumor
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"silent
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Growing N gonorrhoeae
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"needs iron in media
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pilli"
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Gonnorhea
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Por proteins
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form pores allow for antigenic variation
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Opa protein
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binding of pilin to epithelium
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Clinical gonnorhea in men
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"urethritis
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clinical gonnorhea in women
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"Cervix
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Migratory arthralagia
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gonorrhea
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Leading cause of purulent arthritis in adults
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gonnorhea
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Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome
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"inflammation of the lining of the liver. RUQ pain
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Lab Dx of gonnorhea
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"Gram neg diplos
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Beta lactamase pos or neg for gonnorhea
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"Positive, cannot use PCN"
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Treponema Pallidum
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syphilis
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Tests for T pallidum
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"VDRL
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Primary syphilis
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"non painful erosion of surface layer with active spirochetes
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2ndary syphilis
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"lesions all over body
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tertiary syphilis
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"gummas, neuro sx"
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Congenital syphilis
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"organ malformations, can be fatal
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Tx for syphilis
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"PCN
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Most common bacterial STD
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Chlamydia
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Chlamydia sx in women
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"80% asymptomatic
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Chlamydia Sx in men
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"postgonococcal urethritis
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tx for chlamydia
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"Azithro
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Oral herpes
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"type 1
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Genital herpes
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HSV 2
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local and systemic sx of herpes infection
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"pain, itching, dysuria
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incubation of herpes
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5 days
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tx for herpes
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"acyclovir, famiclovir, valacyclovir
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Disseminated neonatal herpes
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"encephalitis
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Gold standard for herpes testing
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viral culture
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Tzanck smear
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"herpes test
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Transmission of CMV
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"saliva, genital secretions
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Clinical CMV
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"nothing really
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Congenital CMV
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"bad if primary infection in utero
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Transmission of HPV
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"breaks in skin, STD, birth and exposure to birtch canal"
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HPV course of infection
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"can be subclinical and clear in 1-2 years
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what HPV strains are associated with cancer
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"16, 18"
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what HPV causes laryngeal papillomas
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"6, 11"
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HPV causing warts
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"6, 11, 16"
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Epidermodysplasia verruciformis
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"Tree man
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Gardisil
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"quadrivalent
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Cervarix
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"Divalent
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testosterone and the prostate
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"5 alpha reductase changes it to DHT, which is more powerful. "
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what increases Sex hormone binding globulin to testosterone
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binding increased by estrogen and thyroxine
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what decreases Sex hormone binding globulin to testosterone
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"Androgens, GH, Insulin"
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Action of androgens
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"increases sperm production
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main indication for androgen therapy
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"testicular insuffiency
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Danazol
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"reduces estrogen overstimulation
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contraindications for androgens
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"Breast cancer
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Anti androgens
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"treats androgen stim'd tumors
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GnRH
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agonist but will negatively feedback the brain to stop producing androgens
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Leuprolide
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"Supress synthesis of androgens
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Nafarelin
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"nasal spray androgen suppressor
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Ketoconazole
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"reduces synthesis and hydroxylation
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Dutasteride"
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"5Areducase inhib
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Flutamide
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"Blocks androgen receptor
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Pine bark
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safe but no benefit to CV health
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why are so many botanicals that dont work still on market
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no major side effects
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Black Cohosh
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has estrogenic effects
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Echinacea
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"stims immune system but then downregulates it
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what are the 2 ways the FDA can ban a product
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"reports of toxic or fatal effects
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FeverFew
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"Interferes with prostaglandins
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Garlic
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"No effects in studies
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Ginger
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"Claimed: N/V reduction
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Ginkgo
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"Some CV benefits
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Ginseng
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"Claim: CNS stimulant
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Abd mass in child/infant
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85% urologic origin
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Most common peds abd tumor
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Wilms Tumor
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Megaureter
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"dilated ureter from obstruction
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when do infants get a voiding cystourethrogram
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After first UTI
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Most important info for urologist regarding hypospadias
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"position or urethral meatus
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cryptochordism infants should be refered to a urologist:
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3 mo
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Hydrocolpos may have obstruction of drainage at
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cervical os
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Trichomoniasis
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Foul smelling grey frothy bubbly vaginal dishcharge
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Strawberry cervix
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Trichomoniasis
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causes of bacterial vaginosis
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"gardnerella
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Clue Cell
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bacterial vaginosis
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Whiff test
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add KOH to wetmount- fish smell means bacterial vaginosis
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Chandelier Sign
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"while doing pelvic exam its so uncomfortable pt jumps up
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Argyll Robertson Pupil
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"Accommodation reflex but no light reaction
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Chancroid
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"painful, railroad track sign
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Lymphogranuloma Inguinale
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"Klebsiella granulomatis
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what is the most important criterea for therapy of BPH
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Symptom and bothersom score
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International Prostatic Symptom Score
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"Incomplete empying
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Bother Score
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"How much discomfort
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Leading GU cancer in men
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"Prostate
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Biggest link to kidney cancer
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Tobacco
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Classic triad of RCC
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"Hematuria
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Paraneoplastic sx of RCC
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"Hypercalcemia
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RCC cell types
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"Clear cell
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Tx for RCC
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"Surgery (90% are malig)
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2nd most common GU cancer
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bladder
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What is the most common cell type in bladder cancer (US only)
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transitional cell
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Most common cell type for bladder cancer world wide
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squamous (schistosomiasis link)
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Superficial bladder cancer
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"will recure
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Tx for muscle invasive bladder cancer
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"chemo+radiation
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Goblet sign
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"urethral cancer
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Tx for ureter CA
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"nephroureterctomy is gold standard
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Signs and sx of testicular cancer
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"painless mass
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Tx for Penile cancer
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"partial penectomy
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When is a prostate tumor palpable
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"1 cm3
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How long does it take a prostate tumor to become palpable
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6-8 years
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Catagory I prostatitis
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Acute Bacterial
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Category II Prostatitis
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Chonic Bacterial
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What prostatitis do you avoid DRE
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Cat I
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Categrory III prostatitis
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"Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome aka abacterial chronic prostatitis
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Cat IIIa Prost
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"White cells in ejaculate
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Cat III b prostatitis
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"non inflam
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Cat IV prostitis
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"asymptomatic inflammatory prostititis
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Biggest risk for stone formation
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previous stone hx
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Most common stone type
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calcium oxalate
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2nd most common stone
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Calcium phosphate
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Magnesium levels in pt with CaOx
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usually deficient
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Struvite Calculi
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"Staghorn
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Uric acid stone
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"Men
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pain of a stone
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"crescendo, movement doesnt change the pain
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1st study to order when suspect Kidney stone
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"CT, no contrast"
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Tx for renal calculi
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"Observe, Pain control, Force fluids, strain pee
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What do you do for your pt after stone is passed
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"stone analysis
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most common mass in the scrotum
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hydrocele
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Congenital Hydrocele
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"communicates with peritoneal cavity, gets big when baby cries"
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Spermatocele
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"smaller mass, cyst in head of epididymis, seperation from testicle"
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What masses in testicle will change from standing to lying down
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"varicocele, inguinal hernia"
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when is hematuria significant
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"always, even 3 rbc on a field is significant"
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