Screening tests — Flashcards

Flashcard 11: Vulvar carcinoma may be caused by two pathways: _____ related or _____ related

Answer: HPV

Flashcard 12: When performing a maternal serum quadruple screen, accurate estimation of _____ is very important to determine whether levels of analytes are abnormal

Answer: gestational age

Flashcard 13: The symptoms/complications of menopause may be remembered with the mnemonic "HAVOCS": H: _____, _____ AV: Atrophy of the Vagina O: Osteoporosis C: Coronary artery disease S: Sleep disturbances

Answer: Hot flashes

Flashcard 14: What demographic is most commonly associated with HPV related vulvar carcinoma? _____

Answer: Women of reproductive age (< 50 years old)

Flashcard 15: Anovulatory cycles lead to the break down and shedding of proliferative glands resulting in abnormal _____

Answer: uterine bleeding

Flashcard 16: Condylomas _____ progress to carcinoma

Answer: rarely

Flashcard 17: What is the likelihood of reversal back to normal cervical epithelium in **CIN III**? _____

Answer: Unlikely (but still possible)

Extra: CIN III is a high-grade lesion (HSIL) that is much less likely to regress than CIN I. While reversal to normal epithelium can occur (reported in some studies), it is clinically considered unlikely, and these lesions are typically treated (e.g., LEEP or cold knife conization) to prevent progression to invasive squamous cell carcinoma.

Flashcard 18: Pregnant patients with a positive culture of what microbe receive intrapartum penicillin prophylaxis? _____

Answer: Streptococcus agalactiae

Extra: ACOG Committee Opinion 797 updated the GBS screening window from 35-37 weeks to 36 0/7–37 6/7 weeks.

Flashcard 19: Risk factors of endometrial carcinoma from the hyperplasia pathway are related to _____ exposure

Answer: estrogen

Extra: * (Estro-grow right next to cancer crag sign)

Flashcard 20: _____ cyst is the most common ovarian mass in young women

Answer: Follicular