Pizzotti Sexuality 2 Flashcards
(35 cards)
What is the meaning of PID?
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
At what age is considered high risk for developing breast cancer?
65
What do you need to check for when doing self-breast examination?
check size, shape, contour, dimpling and look at nipples
What do you call the pathologic examination of the breast tissue?
Breast biopsy
What do you call the procedure wherein the tumor and only a small portion of the breast tissue is removed?
Lumpectomy
Name at least two Post-Mastectomy exercises.
Hand wall climbing, rope turning
What do you call the procedure where the patient’s own tissue is used for the breast reconstruction
Autogenous reconstruction aka Autologous reconstruction
It is a balloon-like device with a resealable metal port that is placed under the pectoralis muscle.
Breast tissue expander
What do you call the laparoscopic removal of the satellite endometrial implants/overgrowth and adhesion?
Laparoscopic Ablation (burning out endometrial)
What do you call the procedure where a portion of the breast that contains the cancer and some normal tissues around it are removed?
Partial Mastectomy
What are the two main focuses of pre-operative care for patients that will undergo breast cancer surgery?
Psychological preparation and pre operative teaching
When is it best to perform a self breast exam?
It is best to perform a self breast self exam 7 to 10 days after menses.
Where on the breast are breast cancer masses usually felt?
Masses are usually felt in upper outer quadrant, beneath the nipple, or at the axilla.
What do you call the usual sign of cervical and ovarian cancer 12 months after cessation of menses?
Post menopausal bleeding
What diagnostic test is used to differentiate PID (pelvic inflammatory disease) caused by chlamydia and gonorrhea vs. ovarian cancer?
SERUM CA 125 (Cancer Antigen)
What is the term used to describe the distance between the tumor and the edge of the surrounding tissue?
Margins
What do you call a surgery that removes the whole breast that has cancer?
Total mastectomy AKA Simple mastectomy
What do you call an endometrial tissue implantation outside of the uterine cavity?
Endometriosis
What is injected intraoperatively into the breast expander to partially inflate it?
Small amount of normal saline
What do you call an area of endometriosis on an ovary, it is also called as Chocolate cyst?
Endometrioma
What is the partial-breast irradiation method in which several catheters loaded with a radioactive source are inserted at the lumpectomy cavity and surrounding margin?
Interstitial brachytherapy
What do you call the use of a single-balloon-tipped catheter that is surgically placed near the tumor bed?
Balloon brachytherapy
What is the other term used for Balloon Brachytherapy?
MammoSite
True or False: Endometriosis can lead to adhesions, which can cause infertility.
TRUE