Female Genital Tract-Gynecologic Pathology

Uterus, Endometriosis, Endometrial Hyperplasia, Leiomyoma, Venereal Disease etc.

1. Review the anatomy and histology of uterus.


2. What are acute and chronic endometritis?


3. What is endometriosis? Where is it found? What are some of the symptoms? 4. During which period is it most common?


4. What is endometrial hyperplasia?


5. What are some of the risk factor that can possibly result in endometrial hyperplasia?


6. What are some histological findings of endometrial hyperplasia?


7. What is endometrial carcinoma?


8. List the staging categories of endometrial carcinoma and the relationship to prognosis.


9. Compare the presenting findings and morphology of leiomyoma and leiomyosarcoma.


10. Define pelvic inflammatory disease. What are its symptoms?


11. How is gonorrhea transmitted? What are the symptoms of infection? What are some of the complications of this disease?


12. What are some of the conditions attributed to chlamydia trachomatis in both women and men?


13. Where is the site of infection of herpes simplex virus type I & II? What are the complications?


14. Describe the stages of syphilis infection.


15. What does recent molecular and epidemiological data suggest about the etiologies of mild dysplasia/CIN I? moderate and severe CIS, CINII and CIN III?


16. List some of the significant risk factors for cervical dysplasia and neoplasia.


17. Name the common neoplasms in the following sites: vulvar,vagina, cervix, uterus.


18. What treatments are available for squamous dysplasia and carcinoma of the cervix?


19. Describe the stages of cervical cancer and the approximate survival rate at each stage.


20. What are five types of ovarian tumors?


21. Describe the stages of ovarian carcinoma and the approximate survival rate at each stage.