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19 Tumours of the Reproductive Tract Flashcards

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How common are vulval cancers?

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Uncommon (3% all female cancers)

Tend to arise in older patients

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What types of vulval cancer are there? (4)

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What clincal feastures might you get for a vulval cancer?

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Lumps

Ulceration

Skin changes

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4
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What is shown in the following histology?

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What is vulval intraepithelial neoplasia? (VIN)

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In situ precursor of vulval squamous cell carcinoma

Atypical cells- no invasion through basement membrane

May or may not develop into squamous cell carcinoma

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6
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Are vulval squamous cell carcinomas (and VIN) linked to HPV?

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7
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How does vulval cancer spread?

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Fill in the missing labels for a pre-menarchal cervix:

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What happens to the cells around the external os as a woman enter reproductive age?

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10
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Give 2 high risk subtypes for HPV (human papilloma virus) and 2 low risk subtypes:

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How does HPV (16 and 17) increase someones risk of neoplasia? (think viral proteins and tumour supressor genes)

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What is cervical intraepithelial neoplasia? (analogous to VIN)

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13
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What are the risk factors for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and cervical carcinoma?

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  1. HPV exposure
    1. Eg early first age sexual intercourse, multiple partners
  2. Early first pregnancy
  3. Multile births
  4. Smoking
  5. Low socioeconomic status
  6. Immunosuppression
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How is CIN staged?

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How is CIN treated? (screening- smear)

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CIN 1- follow up with cervical smear- 1 year

CIN 2 & 3- treatment- large loop excision of transformation zone

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How is cervical cancer screened for?

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17
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Can HPV be vaccinated against?

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Yes gardasil- age 12-13

(protects from cervical, vulval, oral, anal cancers)

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What are the 2 types of invasive cell carcinoma?

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19
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How might an invasive cell carcinoma present?

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  • Bleeding:
    • post coital
    • inter menstrual
    • post menopausal
  • Mass
  • (seen on screening)
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20
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How does invasive cervical cancer spread?

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Pelvic side wall –> rectum / bladder

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21
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How is invasive cervical cancer treated if advanced?

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Fill in the missing label:

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23
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A thickened endometrium can be a precursor to endometrial cancer. What thickness is the cut off for normal thickness of the endometrium? What might a woman present with?

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11mm

If >11mm- suggests thickened endometrium

Presentation:

  • Inter-menstrual bleeding
  • Post-menopausal bleeding
24
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Endometrial hyperplasia is caused by excessive oestrogen (exposure). Give some causes of excessive oestrogen. (6)

(think Endogenous, exogenous and irregular cycle)

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25
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What is the most common gynaecological tract cancer?

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Endometrial

26
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When are women at the highest risk of contracting endometrial carcinoma?

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Post menopausal

27
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How might endometrial cancer present? (2)

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28
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What are the 2 types of endometrial cancer?

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Endometrioid adenocarcinoma

Serous adenocarcinoma

29
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Which is the more aggresive of the 2 types of endometrial cancer?

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Serous adenocarcinoma

30
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Which of the following histologies is endometroid adenocarcinoma and which is serous adenocarcinoma?

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31
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Outline how an endometrioid adenocarcinoma spreads.

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Cervix –> vagina –> lymph nodes –> bowel/bladder/other organs

32
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Outline how a serous adenocarcinoma spreads:

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Transcoelomic spread

33
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How is an endometrial cancer managed?

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Hysterectomy

Bilateral salpingo-oophrectomy (ovaries and fallopian tubes)

+/- lymph node dissection

+/- chemo/radiotherapy

34
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What are the 2 types of tumours of the myometrium (1 benign, 1 malignant)

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Benign= leiomyoma (fibroids)

Malignant= leiomyosarcoma

35
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What is the most common tumour of the myometrium?

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leiomyoma (fibroids)

36
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What does a leiomyoma look like?

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Pale

Homogenous

Well circumscribed mass

37
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How might a patient with fibroids (leiomyoma) present? (4)

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  1. Asymptomatic
  2. Pelvic pain
  3. Heavy periods
  4. Urinary frequency (bladder compression)
38
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How does a leiomyoma appear histologically?

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Elongated, cigar shaped nuclei

Benign smooth muscle cells= whorled, intersecting, fascicles

39
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What is a leiomyosarcoma?

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Malignant tumour of smooth muscle cells

doesn’t arise from a leiomyoma

Can metastasise to lung

40
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Why does ovarian cancer often have a delayed diagnosis?

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Early symptoms= vague and non-specific

41
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What are the later symptoms that someone with ovarian cancer would present with?

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  • Abdominal pain
  • Abdominal distension
  • Urinary symptoms
  • GI symptoms
  • Hormonal disturbances
42
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What 2 serum markers are tested for ovarian cancer?

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43
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What 3 categories of tumours can be found in the ovary?

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44
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A tumour can be benign, malignant or borderline. What does borderline mean? (ie what is the tumour like)

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Increased atypia

No stromal invasion

45
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What are the different types of ovarian tumours? How do the sex cord stromal tumours present?

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46
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Name some tumours that metastasise to the ovary

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47
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What is the main risk factor for testicular cancer?

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Cryptorchidism (undescended testicle)

48
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How does testicular cancer usually present and how is it investigated?

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49
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Testicular cancer tumour markers can be useful in diagnosis/monitoring treatment. Give 2 examples of cancer tumour markers.

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50
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What are the subtypes of testicular cancer?

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51
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What sort of tumour is shown here?

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Mature teratoma

52
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The following image shows an ovarian tumour. What type of tumour is it?

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Endometrioid adenocarcinoma

53
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The following image shows an ovarian tumour. What type of tumour is it?

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Epithelial - Mucinous adenocarcinoma

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