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Puntcate area on the cervix on pelvic exam can raise suspicion for what?
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duplicate uterus
developmental issue |
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what 2 things can commonly lead to acute endometritis?
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Follows normal pregnancy that didn't shed all endometrial tissue
abortion |
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Chronic endometritis is associated with what 2 things?
what is the defining cell found microscopically? |
pelvic inflammatory disease
intrauterine devices (IUD) key cell: plasma cell |
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What causes the discomfort in endometriosis?
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RBCs leaking into the cavity
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a scope of the pelvis is done and the report comes back saying there are "powder burns" on the bladder..what is going on?
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Endometriosis
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What is a chocolate cyst?
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endometrioma
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What is adenomyosis? how can you tell the difference btw this and endometriosis
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the wall of the uterus is irregularly thickened and contains small hemorrhagic foci that cycle
pt will have achy miserable crampy pelvic pain... you will not see powder burns on scope like in endometriosis |
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a post menopausal woman comes to you with abnormal uterine bleeding...what does she have?
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endometrial hyperplasia
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Atypical hyperplasia of the endometrium is associated with what?
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increased risk of adenocarcinoma
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most common cause of endometrial adenocarcinoma?
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excess estrogenic stimulation
Typically occurs in elderly women/80% being postmenopausal at the time of diagnosis |
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a perimenopausal lady who is obese, diabetic, and hypertensive has a high risk chance of what?
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endometrial adenocarcinoma
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Breast cancer patients treated with tamoxifen are at a higher risk of what?
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endometrial adenocarcinoma
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Papillary serous carcinoma – has a propensity for
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lymph vessel permeation
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clinically apparent lesions are less common in premenopausal than postmenopausal women
they are known to shrink after menopause are much more common in black women/in whom they are usually very numerous what is this? |
leiomyomas (commonly called fibroids)
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if a pt has a leiomyoma, what is the likelihood it will progress to a leiomyosarcoma?
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NONE
Leiomyosarcomas are DE NOVO TUMORS |
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What is a Leiomyoma?
gross findings? micro? clinical? |
benign smooth muscle neoplasm that is not premalignant
commonly in uterus Gross: large fibroid (shrink after menopause) Micro: ongated spindle cells with fibrillary acidophilic cytoplasm in the usual type of uterine leiomyoma clinical: may lead to excessive menstrual bleeding (menorrhagia), often cause anemia and may lead to infertility |
