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31 Cards in this Set
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Testicular tumors are the most common neoplasms in men between ______.
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20 and 35
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What are the two types of testicular tumors?
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-Seminomas
-Teratomas |
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what type of tumor that arise from the seminiferous tubules?
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Seminomas
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Almost all testicular tumors are ______.
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malignant
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What exam is used to best diagnosed testicular tumors?
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Ultrasound
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What are the two types of ovarian cystic masses?
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-Follicular Cysts
-Corpus Luteum Cysts |
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Type of ovarian cyst that results from faulty reasorption of the fluid from incompletely developed follicles.
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Follicular Cysts
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Type of ovarian cyst that occur when resorption of any blood leaked into the cavity, following ovulation, leaves behind a small cyst?
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Corpus Luteum Cysts
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What may occur in Ovarian Cysts?
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Endometriosis
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what cause multiple cystic masses?
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Endometriosis
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Who are at higher risk of developing ovarian cancer?
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Postmenopausal women, so they often recieve more aggressive treatment
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What is the surgical removal of both ovaries and the uterus?
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Hysterectomy
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What % of women have a transvaginal u/s exhibit of cysts?
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100%
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How does the ovarian cysts appear on a endovaginal sonogram?
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-sonolucent masses
-sometimes sepated -with homogenous components |
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What other modalities used to visualize ovarian cysts?
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CT and MRI
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Inability of the heart to propel blood at a sufficient rate and volume to provide an adequate supply to the tissue?
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Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
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What affects CHF?
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Rt and Lt side of the heart
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What is the major cause of LT sided heart failure?
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Coronary
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What is present in the RT-sided heart failure?
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Dilatation of the RT ventricle and RT atrium
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What involves the replacement of air with fluid within the lung interstitium and alveoli?
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Pulmonary Edema
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Most patients with pulmonary edema caused by CHF or other heart disease have evidence of ______.
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cadiomeglia (big heart)
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What resembles Pulmonary Edema?
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a butterfly or batwing pattern
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What does Cushing's syndrome produce?
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excess production of glucocorticoid hormones
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what happens if there's an excess secretion of glucocorticoid hormones in Cushing's Syndrom?
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-mobilizes lipids
-increases their level in the blood |
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What are the characteristics of cushing's syndrome?
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-obesity that is confined to the trunk of the body
-round, moon shaped face -pathonomonic fat pad that forms behind the shoulders (buffalo hump) |
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What exam is best demonstrated cushing's syndrome generalized enlargement of the adrenal glands?
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CT
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CT is often of more value because the abundance of retroperitoneal fat may prevent an ________.
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optimal u/s
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What age does Grave's disease most often develop?
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30's and 40's
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What is the physical characteristic finding in Hyperthyroidism?
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Exopthalmos
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What's an outward protusion of the eyeball caused by edema in the tissue behind the eyes?
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Exopthalmos
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What procedure demonstrate diffuse enlargement of the thyroid gland with increased radioiodine uptake in patients with Grave's Disease?
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Radioactive iodine scans
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