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LECOM Path Ch 21 The Lower Urinary Tract and Male Genital System

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Lymphocyte aggregates forming germinal centers in subepithelium of ureters Dx?   ureteritis follicularis  
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Fine cysts lined by flattened urothelium in ureters Dx?   ureteritis cystica  
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Fibrous proliferative inflammatory process encasing retroperitoneal stuctures and can cause hydronephrosis. Dx? 2 Drug causes, name of idiopathic Dx?   Sclerosisng Retroperitoneal Fibrosis; ergot derivatives, Beta blockers; Ormond disease  
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MC type of bladder diverticula   acquired  
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MCC of acquired bladder diverticula   prostate enlargement  
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Developmental defect in anterior wall of abdomen and bladder. Dx and predisposes to?   Exstrophy and adenocarcinoma  
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20-40% of bladder adenocarcinomas arise from these   urachal cysts  
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4 MCC of infectious cystitis   E.coli; Proteus; Klebsiella; Enterobacter  
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Common cause of cystitis in Egypt and what it predisposes to?   Schistosomiasis; squamous cell carcinoma  
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2 common causes of hemorrhagic cystitis   cyclophosphamide and adenovirus  
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Aggregates of lymphocytes into follicles in bladder mucosa Dx?   Follicular cystitis  
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Persistant, painful form of chronic cystitis usually in women, no sign of infection, fissures and punctate hemorrhages in bladder mucosa Dx?   Interstitial cystitis/ Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome  
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Yellow/white plaque, with large, foamy macrophages with multinucleated giant cells Dx?   malacoplakia  
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BUZZ: Michaelis-Gutmann bodies Dx? And description   malacoplakia; laminated mineral concretions of calcium in lysosomes in macrophages  
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2 MC infections associated with malacoplakia?   E.coli and Proteus  
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Nests of urothelium growing downward into lamina propria with epithemial transformation into cuboidal or columnar epithelium Dx?   Cystiitis glandularis  
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Nests of urothelium growing downward into lamina propria with epithemial transformation into cystic spaces filled with clear fluid lined by flattened urothelium Dx?   Cystiitis cystica  
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Lesions in bladder that resemble renal tubules with cuboidal epithelium   Nephrogenic Adenoma  
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MC origin of bladder tumors   epithelium  
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2 precurson lesions of invasive urothelial cancer; in order   MC non-invasive papillary tumor; CIS/flat non-invasive urothelial carcinoma  
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Epithelial lesion with cytologic malignant changes, confined to epithelium without BM invasion. Dx?   CIS  
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With invasive bladder cancer, the major decrease in survival is associated with what?   invasion of the muscularis propria  
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4 levels of WHO/ISUP Grades of urothelial tumors   urothelial papilloma; urothelial neoplasm of low malignant potential; Papillary carcinoma, low grade; “”, high grade  
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2 Differences in Papilloma and PUNLMP   thicker urothelium or diffuse nuclear enlargement  
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Mass of orderly, evenly spaced cells, with scattered hyperchromic muclei and infrequent mitotic figures; in bladder. Dx?   Low-Grade papillary urothelial carcinomas  
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Mass of disordered cells in bladder; large hyperchromatic nuclei, frequent mitotic figures Dx?   Hig-grade papillary urothelial cancer  
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Likelihood of Low and High grade bladder cancers to invade   10% and 80%  
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MC metastatic spread of invasive bladder CA   regional lymph nodes  
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Untreated CIS progresses to what? And how often?   muscularly invasive cancer 50-75%  
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Most important factor at determining outlook for invasive urothelial cancer ?   extent of spread/staging  
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7 Staging of bladder carcinoma goes from what to what ?   Ta;Tis;T1;T2;T3a;T3b;T4  
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7 Levels of invasion for staging of bladder cancer   non-invasive/papillary; CIS; Lamina Propria; Muscularis propria; microscopic extra-vesicular invasion; grow exra-vesicular invasion; Invades adjacent structures  
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Most important influence/ risk factor for urothelial bladder cancer   cigarette smoking  
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2 genetic implications in bladder cancer   chromosome 9: p16(INK4a); 17p: p53  
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Can be the only symptom is bladder tumors   painless hematuria  
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Do urothelial tumors tend to come back / show new growths after excision?   yes  
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10 yr survival for Papillomas, PUNLMP, and low grade papillary carcinomas   98%  
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Likelihood of death in High grade Papillary urothhelial carcinoma   25%  
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MCC of bladder obstruction in men   prostatic enlargement  
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MCC of bladder obstruction in women   cystocele  
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Signs of early bladder obstruction   smooth muscle hypertrophy  
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Progressive bladder smooth muscle hypertrophy secondary to obstruction leads to ?   trabeculation of the bladder wall  
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Acute or terminal bladder obstruction can cause   gross dilation of the bladder  
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2 classifications of urethritis   gonococcal and non-gonococcal  
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25-60% of non-gonococcal urethritis in men is caused by   Chlamydia  
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Other common cause of non-gonococcal urethritis (not chlamydia)   mycoplasma (ureaplasma)  
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MC congenital abnormality of urethral malformation   hypospades  
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HPV type most associated with condyloma acuminatum   type 11  
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Solitary, thickened gray-white opaque plaque on the shaft of a 50yo man. Dysplastic cells, numerous mitosis, hyperchromatic nuclei, intact BM. Dx?   Bowen disease  
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Multiple reddish brown popular lesions on a 20yo sexually active males shaft, dysplastic cells, intact BM. Dx?   Bowenoid papulosis  
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HPV type associated with bowen disease   HPV type 16  
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Squamous cell carcinoma of the penis is more common where…   people aren’t circumcised  
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HPV associated with squamous cell carcinoma (2)   HPV type 16 and 18  
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1st phase of testicular descent is mediated by what?   mullerion-inhibiting substance  
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2nd phase of testicular descent is mediated by what?   androgen induced releace of calcitonin gene-related peptide  
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Cells spared in testicular wasting in cryptorchidism   Leydig cells (interstitial cells)  
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Findings of testicular atrophy in cryptorchidism   thickened BM, tubules appear as dense cords of hyaline connective tissue  
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Syphilis affects what area in the scrotum first?   testis  
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Gonorrhea and tuberculosis affect what area in the scrotum first?   epididymis  
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MCC of epididymitis in children   gram negative rods  
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MCC of epididymitis in sexually active men under 35   c. trachomatic and N. gonorrhea  
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MCC of epididymitis in men over 35?   E.coli and pseudomonas  
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Diffuse granulomatous reaction throughout testis and confined to the seminiferous tubules Dx?   Granulomatous/Autoimmune Orchitis  
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Frank abscess in the epididymis is characteristic of   gonorrhea  
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1 week after parotid glands start to well in 20yo male he has pain in his testicles Dx?   mumps  
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Caseating granulomas throughout testicle, in all tissue, but started in the epididymis Dx?   tuberculosis  
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Testicular pain with edema, obliterative endarteritis with perivascular cuffing of lymphocytes and plasma cells Dx?   Syphilis  
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95% of testicular tumors arise from   germ cells  
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MC tumor of men from 15-34   germ cell tumors of the testicles  
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Most important risk factor for Germ cell tumors of the testicle   cryptorchidism  
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MC testicular tumor   seminoma  
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Invasive tumors of the testicles all have this chromosomal change   additional copies of 12p  
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Seminomas and precursor ITGCN lesions retain expression of what 2 proteins   OCT3/4 and NANOG  
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Large testicular mass; homogenous, grey-white, lobulated with no hemorrhage or necrosis Dx?   classical seminoma  
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Seminoma cells are usually positive for what 3 markers   c-KIT, OCT3/4, PLAP  
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Testicular mass, cells are large, round, distinct cell membrane, clear cytoplasm, large central nuclei w/ nucleoli. No hemorrhage or necrosis Dx?   seminoma  
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Other histologic finding in seminomas   ill-formed granulomas, lymphocytes, synciotrophoblasts  
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Difference in seminoma vs spermatocytic seminoma   older age, doesn’t mets, no lymphs, granulomas or synciotrophoblasts, also have 3 different types of cells  
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Age group of embryonal carcinoma   20-30  
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Seminoma and embryonal carcinoma share and differ in what markers   share OCT3/4 and PLAP; Differ: Embryonal carcinoma is c-KIT negative and cytokeratin and CD30 positive  
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Poorly demarked testicular mass, with foci of hemorrhage and necrosis, cells large, indistinct borders, anaplastic with epithelial appearance, mitotic figures and giant cells present. Locally invasive. Dx?   embryonal carcinoma  
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MC testicular tumor in infants and children up to 3yo   yolk sac tumor  
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Tumor cells positive for AFP and alpha 1 antitrypsin are   yolk sac tumors  
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Spread of testicular tumors   lymph to retroperitoneal para-aortic nodes and hematogenous spread to lungs  
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Seminomas present in what clinical stage   Stage 1, local  
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NSGCT presents in what stage   Stage 2 or 3 in 60% of cases  
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These tumors metastasize earlier and use hematogenous spread more often   NSGCT  
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Elevation of this in the blood relates to the size of a testicular tumor   lactate dehydrogenase  
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Gynecomastia is a presenting symptom in what tumor   Leydig cell tumor  
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Golden-brown cut surface of 5mm nodules in testicle. Large round cells, abundant eosinophilic granular cytoplasm with rod shaped crystaloids of Reinke Dx?   Leydig cell tumor  
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Firm small nodules in testicle, grey-white/yellow cut surface, with corlike structures and tubules Dx?   Sertoli Cell tumors  
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MC testicular neoplasm in men over 60yo   aggressive Non-Hodgkin lymphoma  
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Most hyperplasias arise in what zone of the prostate?   transitional zone  
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Carcinomas usually arise in what zone of the prostate?   peripheral  
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The main component of the hyperplastic process in BPH is   impaired cell death  
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Main androgen in the prostate   DHT  
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Enzyme that converts testosterone to DHT and where it is found   type II 5alpha reductase; stromal cells  
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Most important factor mediating paracrine regulation of androgen timulated prostatic growth   FGF-7  
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Hallmark of BPH grossly is   nodularity  
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MC used and effective medical treatment of BPH is   alpha blockers  
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MC form of cancer in men in the US is   adenocarcinoma of the prostate  
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2 MC causes of cancer mortality in men in the US   colorectal and prostatic  
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Someone with the shortest CAG repeats in X-linked AR gene are more or less likely to have prostate cancer?   more likely black and whites have short CAG repeats  
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Overexpression of this transcription factor makes prostate cells more invasive   ETS  
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How does prostate cancer mets?   lymph first to obturator nodes then para-aortic. Blood to the bones of the axial skeleton  
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