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Male pathology Flashcards

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Benign prostatic hyperplasia - age

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common in over 50

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Benign prostatic hyperplasia - appearance/result

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smooth elastic, firm nodular enlargement (HYPERPLASIA, not hypertrophy) of periurethral (lateral and middle lobes) –> compress urethra into a vertical slit

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Benign prostatic hyperplasia - hyperplasia or hypertrophy

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hyperplasia

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Benign prostatic hyperplasia - location of hyperplasia

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periurethral - lateral and middle lobes

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Benign prostatic hyperplasia - cancer

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not premalignant

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Benign prostatic hyperplasia - presentation

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  1. increased frequencey of urination
  2. nocturia
  3. difficulty starting and stoping urine stream
  4. dysuria
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Benign prostatic hyperplasia - complications

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may lead to distention and hypertrophy of bladder, hydronephrosis, UTIs

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Benign prostatic hyperplasia - markers

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increased PSA

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Benign prostatic hyperplasia - treatment (and mechanism)

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  1. a1 antagonists (terazosin, tamsulosin) –> relaxation of SMC
  2. 5α-reductase inhibitors (eg. finasteride
  3. tadalafil (PDE-5 inhibitor)
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Prostatitis - divided to/due to

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  1. acute: bacterial (eg. E.coli)

2. chronic (bacterial or abacterial)

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Prostatitis - symptoms

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  1. dysuria
  2. frequency
  3. urgency
  4. low back pain
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Prostatitis - physical examination

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warm, tender, enlarged prostate

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Prostatic adenocarcinoma - age/location

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men over 50

often posterior lobe (peripheral zone) of prostate gland

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Prostatic adenocarcinoma - diagnosis

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increased PSA and suvsequent needle core biopsies

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Prostatic adenocarcinoma - markers

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Prostatic acid phosphate (PAP)

PSA

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PSA - in Prostatic adenocarcinoma

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increased total with decreased fraction of free

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PSA - normal range

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  • increases in age by BPH
  • under 2.5 ng/ml in 40-49
  • under 7.5 ng/ml in 70-79
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Prostatic adenocarcinoma - complication

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osteoblastic metastasis (late stages)

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Prostatic adenocarcinoma - osteoblastic metastasis - sympotms/labs

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  1. lower back pain

2. increased ALP and PSA

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Tunica albuginea?

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  1. penis –>connective tissue that surrounds the corpora cavernosa
  2. testicles –> connective tissue covering the testicles
  3. ovaries –>the connective tissue covering of the ovaries
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Penile pathology - 3 diseases

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  1. Peyronie disease
  2. iscemic priapism
  3. SCC
  4. penile fracture
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Peyronie disease - definition/mechanism

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abnormal curvature of penis due to fibrous plaque within tunica albuginea (goes up)

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Peyronie disease - symptoms

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  1. pain
  2. anxiety
  3. erectile dysfunction
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Peyronie disease - treatment

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surgical repair once curvature stabilizes

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penile fracture - definition/mechanism

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rupture of corpora carvenosa due to force bending

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Ischemic priapism - definitim

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painful sustained erection lasting more than 4 hours

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causes of ischemic priapism

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1 sickle cell anemia (trapped RBCs in vascular channels)

2. drugs (sildenafil, trazodone)

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ischemic priapism - management

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treat immediately with corporal aspiration, intracavernosal phenylephrine, or surgical decompression to prevent ischemia

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SCC of penis - epidimiology

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more common in Asiam Africa, South America

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SCC of penis - precursor in situ lesions

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  1. Bowen disease
  2. erythroplasia Queyrat
  3. Bowenoid papulosis
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SCC of penis - risk factors

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  1. HPV

2. lack of circumcision

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Bowen disease?

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leukoplakia in penile shaft

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erythroplasia Queyrat?

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cancer of glans (IN SITU), presents as erythroplakia

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Bowenoid populosis?

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carcinoma in situ of unclear malignant protention, presenting as redish papules

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SCC of penis - precursor in situ lesions/and their definition

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  1. Bowen disease –> leukoplakia in penile shaft
  2. erythroplasia Queyrat –> in situ carcinoma of glans, presents as erythroplakia
  3. Bowenoid papulosis –> carcinoma in situ of unclear malignant protention, presenting as redish papules
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Cryptorchidism - definition

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undescended testis (one or both)

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Cryptorchidism - sperm vs testosterone - mechanism

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  • impaired spermatogenesis: sperm develops best at less than 37. sertoli are Q sensitive
  • normal Testosterone levels (Leyding unaffected to Q)
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Cryptorchidism - complication

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high risk of germ cell tumors

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Cryptorchidism - risk factor

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  1. prematurity

2. Hypospandias

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Cryptorchidism - endocrine profile

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low inhibin B, High FSH and LH

testosterone low in bilateral, normal in unilateral

41
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MCC of scrotal enlargement in adult males

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Varicocele

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Varicocele - definition

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dilated veins in pampiniform plexus due to hug venous pressure

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The pampiniform plexus is a

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network of many small veins found in the human male spermatic cord.

44
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Varicocele - location

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Most often on left because of high resistance to flow from left gonadal vein drainage into left renal vein

45
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Varicocele - complication

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infertility because of high temperature

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Varicocele - diagnosis

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  1. standing clinical exam (distention on inspection and bag of worms
  2. US with Doppler
  3. does not transilluminate
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Varicocele - treatment

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  1. varicocelectomy

2. embolization

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Testicular tumors are divided to (proportions and behavioural)

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  1. germ cell (95%) –> Mostly malignant, children mature teratoma benign
  2. non-germ cell (5%) –> mostly benign, but lymphoma is aggressive
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Testicular non-germ cell tumors - types and aggressiveness

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Mostly benign
1. Leydig cells
2 Sertoli cells
3. Testicular lymphoma (aggressive)

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Sertoli cell tumor?

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androblastoma from sex cord stroma

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Leydig celll tumor - appearance

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  • golden brown color

- contains Reinke crystal (eosnophilic cytoplasmic inclusion)

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Leydig celll tumor - presentation mechanism)

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produce androgens or estrogens –> gynecomastia in men. precosious puberty in boys

53
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MC testicular cancer in older men

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Testicular lymphoma

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Testicular lymphoma - characteristics

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  • Not 1ry –> arises from metastatic lymphoma to testes

- Aggressive

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Testicular germ cell tumors - epidemiology

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Most often in young men

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Testicular germ cell tumors - risk factors

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  1. Cryptorchidism

2. Klinefelter syndrome

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Testicular germ cell tumors - characteristics

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  • can resent as a mixed germ cell tumor

- does not transilluminate

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Testicular germ cell tumors - types

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  1. Seminoma
  2. Yolk sac (endodermal sinus) tumor
  3. Chroriocarcinoma
  4. Teratoma
  5. Embryonal carcinoma
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MC testicular tumor

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seminoma

60
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seminoma - behavior/age

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malignant

not in infancy

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seminoma - clinical characteristics

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painless, homogenous testicular enlargment

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seminoma - prognonis (why)

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excellent –> 1. Radiosensitive 2. late matastasis

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seminoma - marker

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high placental ALP

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seminoma - histology

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large cells in lobules with watery cytoplasm and fried egg appearance

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tests - Yolk sac (endodermal sinus) - behavioral

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aggressive malignancy

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tests - Yolk sac (endodermal sinus) - appearance

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  • yellow mucinous

- Schiller Duval bodies resemble primitive glomeruli

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tests - Yolk sac (endodermal sinus) - marker

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high AFP is highly characetristic

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MC testicular in boys under 3

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yolk sac

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MC tumor in male infants

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yolk sac

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male teratoma - behaviour

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unlkie in females. mature teratoma in adults males may be maligntn. Benign in children

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testicular choriocarcinoma - marker

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high hCG

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testicular choriocarcinoma - histology

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disordered syncytiotrophoblastic and cytotrphoblastic elemetns

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testicular choriocarcinoma - spreading

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lungs and brain (heterogeneously)

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testicular choriocarcinoma - presentation

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gynecomastia
symptoms of hyperthyroidism
(hCG is stracturally simillar to LH, FSH, TSH)

75
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testicular cancer that is painful

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Embryonal carcinoma

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Embryonal carcinoma - special clinical characteristic

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PAINFUL

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Embryonal carcinoma - gross appearance

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hemorrhagic mass with necrosis

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Embryonal carcinoma - prognosis

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worse than seminoma

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Embryonal carcinoma - histology

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glandular papillary morphology

80
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Embryonal carcinoma - markers

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if pure (rare) --> high hCG, normal AFP
if mixed with other tumors --> high hCG, increased AFP
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Scrotal masses?

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benign scrotal lesions presents as testicular maasses thatn cen be transilluminated

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Scrotal masses vs solid testicular tumors according to transillumination

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only scrotal can be transilluminated

83
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Scrotal masses - types

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  1. congenital hydrocele
  2. Acquired hydrocele
  3. Spermatocele
84
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congenital hydrocele?

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Common cause of scrotal swelling in infants due to incomplete obliteration of processus vaginalis

85
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Acquired hydrocele?

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scrotal fluid collection usually 2ry to infection, trauma, tumor (if bloody –> hematocele)

86
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bloody hydrocele –>

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hematocele

87
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Spermatocele?

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cyst due to dilated epididymal duct or rete testis –> paratesticular fluctuant nodule

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Extragonadal germ cell tumors - location

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MIDLINE location:

  • adults –> MC retroperitoneum, ediastinum, pineal, suprasellar regions
  • young childrens: sacroccygeal teratomas are MC
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Extragonadal germ cell tumors - adults vs young children according to location

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  • adults –> MC retroperitoneum, ediastinum, pineal, suprasellar regions
  • young childrens: sacroccygeal teratomas are MC
90
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Painful testicular tumor and its markers

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embryonal carcinoma
if pure (rare) –> high hCG, normal AFP
if mixed with other tumors –> high hCG, increased AFP

91
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testicular tumor with Reinke crystals (and what is that)

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Leyding cells tumor –> eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusions

92
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testicular germ cell tumors can present as

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mixed germ cell tumor

93
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seminoma in female

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dysgerminoma (but rarer

94
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Paratesticular fluctant nodule

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Spermatocele

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