Women’s Health 4 Flashcards
(16 cards)
Ovarian tumour with signet cells
Krukenberg tumour
Metastasis from stomach or intestine
EcTopic Pregnancy
plus
shoulder tip pain
Free blood in peritoneum
-> urgent intervention
High grade CIN during pregnancy
Do colposcopy anyway
Bartholin abscess 4 cm
Word catheter
2 recommended regiments for combined hrt
Daily oestrogen and MPA
Or
Daily oestrogen and MPA for 12 days each month
Asherman syndrome
Scars inside uterus
No periods, pelvic pain or infertility
True hermaphroditism
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Androgen secreting ovarian tumours
Autosomal recessive
Heel prick test in newborn
Dysfunctional uterine bleeding treatment
First line mefeNamic acid
Acute menorrhagia treatment
IV oestrogen
Then norethisterone for 14 days
Irregular and heavy bleeding
Hyperplasia of endometrium on ultrasound
Next investigation
Hysteroscopy and curettage
Long anovulatory cycles -prone to which cancer?
Breast cancer
Due to high oestrogen circulating
Patient with retroverted uterus cant conceive
Next step
Manual correction
And pessary
Most common site of endometriosis
Ovary
HRT for perimenopause
Daily oestrogen plus cyclical progesterone
Risk of breast cancer on HRT
Women on oestrogen only have no risk up to 15 years
For combined therapy, no risk if less than five years
Endometriosis diagnosis delay
10 years