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35 Cards in this Set
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small, mobile, firm mass with sharp edges found in the breast of comeone <25yo. dx?
- size and tenderness will vary with what? |
Fibroadenoma. Most common tumor in those <25.
- estrogen. |
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Serous or bloody nipple discharge, caused by a small tumor that frows in lactiferous ducts.
- dz? - risk of carcinoma? - freq location? |
- intraductal papilloma
- slightly elevates it - beneath areola. |
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Large, bulky mass found in breast of ~50yo women.
- type of projections seen? - type of tissue? - can they become malignant? |
Phyllodes tumor.
- leaf-like projections - bulky connective tiss and cysts. - yes, some can. |
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Overexpression of Progestin/Estrogen receptors, and/or erb-B2 (HER-2, an EGF receptor), is common in which dz? Why?
- common age group? |
malignant breast tumors.
- they're associated with increased estrogen exposure, and the things that can cause that.... the receptors are downregulated when there is lots of Estrogen/hormone, so the receptor (+) tumors are more likely seen in the older populations. - common postmenopausally. |
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Most common cancer of the breast is also the worst and the most invasive. Name it.
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Invasive ductal carcinoma.
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What types of tumors have orderly rows of cells, and are often multiple, and bilateral?
- type of tumor? |
Invasive Lobular carcinoma.
- malignant breast cancer |
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Firm, fibrous, "rock-hard" mass with sharp margins and small, glandular duct-like cells.... what type of breast tumor?
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Invasive ductal carcinoma.
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Fleshy, cellular, lymphatic infiltrate in tumor of the breast...
- prog? - name of tumor? |
- good
- medullary |
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Ductal tumor with caseous necrosis...
- subtype of what? - name? |
- DCIS
- comedocarcinoma |
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Dermal lymphatic invasion by breast carcinoma... Peau-d'orange... is called which type of breast cancer?
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inflammatory. 50% survival @ 5y.
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Large cells in epidermis with a clear halo found on breast or vulva. dz?
- cutaneous gross sx? - suggests what? |
Paget's dz
- eczematous patches - suggests underlying carcinoma. |
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Which type of fibrocystic dz (there are 4) is associated with increased risk of carcinoma?
- age group? Which type has increased acini and intralobular fibrosis... - associated with what feature? |
Epithelial hyperplasia: increased # of epithelial cell layers in terminal duct lobule.
- women >30. Sclerosing adenosis - calcifications |
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Fluid filled, blue dome on histo, with ductal dilation... what type of fibrocystic dz?
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Cystic.
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Most common pathogen of actue mastitis during breast feeding?
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S. aureus.
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Given the area of the breast, name me the stuff that shows up there (benign and malig)... the order is from nipple-in.
- nipple (2) - lactiferous sinus - major duct - terminal duct - lobules - deep stroma |
- paget's dz, breast abscess
- Indraductal papilloma, mastitis - fibrocystic change, ductal cancer - tubular carcinoma - lobular carcinom, sclerosing adenosis - fibroadenoma, phyllodes tumor |
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Most common cause of chronic prostatitis? acute?
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abacterial. (though it CAN be bacterial)
bacterial (e.g. E. coli). |
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Treatment of BPH?
- is it premalignant? - arises most often in which zone? |
a1-antagonists (terazosin, tamsulosin)... relax smooth muscle.
- no. - anteriorly |
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Prostatic adenocarcinoma
- arises most often in which zone? - PSA labs show what in total PSA and fraction of free PSA? - other marker? |
- posterior
- increase in total, \\ fraction of free PSA - PAP (prostatic acid phosphatase) - |
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Prematurity increases the risk of what tescitular issue?
- puts pt at risk for what? - causes what? |
cryptochidism (testicle that didn't descend)
- germ cell tumors. - lack of spermatogenesis due to ^^ body temperature. |
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Malignant, painless, homogenous testicular enlargement, most common in males 15-35.
- tumor? - histo appearance? - prog? |
Seminoma
- watery cytoplasm and "fried egg" appearance - radiosensitive, late mets, but excellent prog. |
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Painful testicular tumor with glandular/papillary morphology.
- prog? - can differentiate to what? - potential markers? |
- Embryonal carcinoma
- worse prog than seminoma. - other tumors - ^^AFP, ^^hCG |
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What is the analog in the male of the ovarian yolk sac tumor?
- see histologically? - grossly? - marker? |
yolk sac (endodermal sinus) tumor.
- stuff resembling primitive glomeruli (Schiller-Duval) bodies - yellow, mucionus (just like ovarian one) - ^^AFP |
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Disordered syncytiotrophoblastic and cytotrophoblastic elements in a testicular tumor.... dz?
- sends mets how? |
choriocarinoma (look for ^^ hCG)
- hematogenously |
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Mature teratoma is males is most likely benign/malignant?
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malignant, unlike the benign ones in females.
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Leydig cell tumors contain what?
- what color is the tumor grossly? - causes what in men? boys? why? |
rod-shaped, intracytoplasmic crystals (Reinke crystals).
- golden brown - gynecomastia in men, precocious pubery in boyds b/c it is usually androgen producing. |
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What is the most common testicular cancer in older men?
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testicular lymphoma.
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androblastoma from a sex cord stromal tumor is what?
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Sertoli tumor. a non-germ cell tumor of the testicle. rare.
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If a mass in transilluminable, is it more likely to be a testicular tumor or a tunica vaginalis lesion?
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tunica vaginalis lesion.
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"Bag of worms" felt in testicle = ?
- potential complication? |
variococele = dilated vein in pampiniform plexus.
- infertility |
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What is a hydrocele, and what is it caused by?
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it's a tunica vaginalis lesion, caused by increased fluid secondary to incomplete fusion of processus vaginalis.
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What is the name for a dilated epididymal duct?
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Spermatocele - a type of tunica vaginalis lesion.
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Older male (40s-50s) presents with gray,m solitary crusty plaque on the shaft of the penis or on the scrotum.
- dz - can progress to what? |
- bowen's dz
- incasive SCC. |
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What penile pathology is associated with with HPV and a lack of circumcision?
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SCC.
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Red velvety plaques, usually involving the glans... called what?
- similar to what? - can progress to what? |
- Erythroplasia of Queyrat
- Bowen's dz - SCC |
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multiple papular lesions, mostly affecting younger age groups than Bowen's and Queyrat...
- dz? - become invasive? |
- Bowenoid papulosis
- no. |