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Painful bleeding in 3rd trimester might be what?
- associated with which hemeOnc sx?
- which factors predispose (3)?
abruptio placentae: premature detachment of placenta from implantation site. fetal death.
- DIC
- smoking, HTN, cocaine use
Massive bleeding post-delivery, mom doesn't pass placenta.
- Cause?
- predisposing factors?
Placenta accreta
- defective decidual layers allos placenta to attach to myometrium.
- prior C-section, inflammation, and placenta previa
Attachment of the placenta in the lower uterine segment is called what?
- sx?
- may cause what complications?
- predisposing factors?
Placenta previa
- painless bleeding in any trimester
- placenta accreta,
- multiparity and prior C-section predispose.
Where is the most often site of an ectopic pregnancy?
- confirm with what?
Fallopian tube.
- Ultrasound.
What is assoc. w/ polyhydramnios?

oligohydramnios?
- >1.5-2L; esophageal/duodenal atresia, anencephaly.
- <0.5 L; placental insufficiency, bilateral renal agenesis, posterior urethral valves and resultant inability to excrete urine.
... can kick off Potter's sequence, leading to stuff like fused legs, club feet, failure of lung development.
Differentiate between adenomyosis and endometriosis.
adenomyosis is endometrium w/i the myometrium.

Endometriosisi is non-neoplastic glands/stroma in abnormal, non-uterine locations.
Cyclic bleeding resulting in blood-filled (chocolate cysts) = ?
Endometriosis.
Abnormal endometrial gland proliferation usually caused by excess estrogen stimulation?
- cancer association?
Endometrial hyperplasia.
- increased risk of endometrial carcinoma (most common GYN malignancy).
What is the most common GYN malignancy?
- peak occurance?
- clinical presentation?
- risk factors?
endometrial carcinoma.
- 55-65 years of age.
- postmenopausal vaginal bleeding.
- prolonged E w/o progestins, Obesity, DM, HTN, nulliparity, and late menopause.
What is required for a corporate merger or consolidation?
1. Bd. of Dir action and notice to S's 2. S approval of the disappearing companies. (it is only a fundamental corporate change for the corp that disappears. Approval must be 2/3 of shares entitled to vote, and the S's of the surviving corp in a merger must approve the deal only if consummation of the merger will result in one-sixth or more of the voting shares of the survivor going to shareholders of the disappearing company. 3. No S approvl is required in a "short form" merger, where a 90% or more owned subsidiary is merged into a parent corporation.
4. If approved, filed certificate of merger/ consolidation with Sec of State. 5. Dissenting S's have right of appraisal (corp that disappears.) 6. The surviving company suceeds to all rights and liabilities of the constituent companies.
Tumor has a whorled pattern of smooth muscle bundles on histo --> dz?
Leiomyoma.
Most common GYN cancer worldwide?

In US?
- most serious prog?
Cervical

Endometrial > ovarian > cervical
- ovarian > cervical > endometrial
\\Estrogen, ^^LH and FSH in a woman post puberty but before age 40 = ?
premature ovarian failure = premature atresia of ovarian follicles in women of reproductive age.
Most common causes of anovulation?
PCOS, obesity, Asherman's syndrome (adhesions), HPO axis abnormaltiies, premature ovarian fail, hyperprolactinemia, thyroid diz, eating dz, Cushing's, adreanl insufficiency.
Pathophysiology of PCOS?
- presentation?
- effect on insulin?
- tx?
^^LH production leads to anovulation.... hyperandrogenism due to deranged steroid synth by theca cells.
- enlarged bilateral cystic ovaries --> amenorrhea, infertiliy, obesity, and hirsuitism.
- causes insulin resistance
- WL, OCPs, gonadotropin analogs, clomiphene, or surgx.
What type of cyst is associated with hyperestrinism and endometrial hyperplasia?

Hemorrhage into persistant corpus luteum?

Bilateral/multiple cysts due to gonadotropin stimulation, associated with choriocarcinoma and moles?
Follicular cyst

corpus luteum cyst

Theca-lutein cyst.
Given age, give me the most common type of GYN malignancy.
- 45yo
- 55yo
- 65yo
- cervical
- endometrial
- ovarian
What's the reason obesity is a risk factor for endometrial hyperplasia/carcinoma?
^^E from excess peripheral fat.
Any woman post menopausal with bleeding has what until proven otherwise?
- first step in dx?
Endometrial cancer
- endometrial biopsy.
What age groups are the ovarian germ cell tumors most common in?
- 4 types?
Adolescents.
- TCDY: Teratoma; choriocarcinoma, Dysgerminoma, Yolk Sac tumor.
50% of these tumors have structures that look like glomeruli (Schiller-Duval bodies)... found in the testes and ovaries. Yellow, friable, solid masses found in adolescents.
- tumor?
- marker?
Yolk sac
- AFP
Large, hyperchromatic syncytiotrophoblastic cells... associated with moles.
- dz?
- marker?
- can see which type of cysts?
- Choriocarcinoma
- hCG
- theca-leutin
Differentiate b/w immature, mature, and struma ovarii teratomas.
immature are aggressively malignant; adult are the ones that form teeth and shit (dermoid cyst) = benign.

struma ovarii contain functional thyroid tissue, and can present with hyperthyroidism.
What is the most common benign ovarian tumor?
Mature teratoma (dermoid cyst).
What is the general ovarian cancer marker for non-germ cell tumors?
- risk factor genes/dz?
CA-125
- BRCA-1, HNPCC
Malignant, and frequently bilateral tumors of the ovary = ?

Frequen
serous cystadenoma
Pain on defecation during menstruation = ?
think about stuff in the pouch of douglas, like endometriosis.
Is PCOS related to endometrial carcinoma? Why?
yes. elevated estrogen lvls.
Multilocular cyst lined by mucous-secreting epithelium.
- dz?
- malig/benign?
- type of tissue?

Malignant form is called what?
- associated with what complication?
- mucinous cystadenoma
- benign
- intestine-like tissue

Mucinous cystadenocarcinoma
- pseudomyxoma peritonei - intraperitoneal accumulation of shit from the tumor.
Signet ring tumor in ovary?
Krukenberg's tumor from stomach.
Tumor of the ovary that looks like bladder (transitional epithelium).
- dx?
- benign/malig?
- Brenner's tumor
- benign.
Presents with a pulling sensation in groin...
- dz
- seen on histo?
- What is Meig's syndrome?
Fibromas.
- bundles of spindle shaped fibroblasts.
- triad of ovarina fibroma, ascites, and hydrothorax.
Cell that can be seen in Granulosa cell tumors that secrete estrogen?
small follicles filled with eosinophiic secretions (Call-Exner body)
Women with exposure to DES in utero are at risk of developing which vaginal cancer?
- is that the overall most common vaginal malignancy?
Clear cell adenocarcinoma.
- no, 2ndary SCC from cervical SCC is the overal most common.
Girl <4yo presents with a tumor that has spindle shaped tumor cells.
- dz?
- variant of?
- cells will stain with what?
- Sarcoma botryoides
- rhabdomyosarcoma variant)
- desmin positive.
What is Bartholin's gland cyst?
- risk factor?
A rare vaginal cancer that presents with pain in the labia majora

previous infection