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CHAP 12 D/DO WOMEN
DISEASE AND DISORDERS OF FEMAL REPRO
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| AMASTIA | CONDITION OF WITHOUT BREAST; the areola and nipple are present but not breast tissue. |
| BREAST CANCER | A MALIGNANT TUMOR ARISING FROM BREAST TISSUE; most common form is IDC - INFILTRATING DUCTAL CARCINOMA |
| CARCINOMA IN SITU | FORM OF CERVICAL CANCER ARISES FROM CELLS OF THE CERVIX; changes in apperance before developing into a spreading malignancy. |
| CERVICAL CANCER | A MALIGNANT TUMOR OF THE CERVIX |
| CERVICITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE CERVIX; Most common for of cervicitis occurs when the inner lining of the cervix becomes inflamed. ENDOCERVICITIS |
| CYSTOCELE | A PROTRUSION OF THE BLADDER AGAINST THE WALL OF THE VAGINA; May occur if the attachments between the 2 organs weaken. may affect urinary bladder function. |
| ENDOMETRIAL CANCER | A MALIGNANT TUMOR ARISING FROM THE ENDOMETRIAL TISSUE LINING THE UTERUS. Most arise from the GLANDULAR CELLS of the ENDOMETRUIM. |
| ENDOMETRIOSIS | ABNORMAL GROWTH OF THE ENDOMETRIAL TISSUE MAY OCCUR THROUGHOUT AREAS OF THE PELVIC CAVITY, INCLUDING THE EXTERNAL WALLS OF THE UTERUS, FALLPIAN TUBES, URINARY BLADDER AND EVEN ON THE PERITONEUM |
| ENDOMETRITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE EDNOMETRIUM; Usually caused by bacterial infection |
| Fibrocyctic Breast Disease | ONE OR MORE BENIGN FIBROUS CYSTS DEVELOP WITHIN THE BREAST |
| FISTULAS | AN ABNORMAL PASSAGE FROM ONE ORGAN OR CAVITY TO ANOTHER |
| HYSTERATRESIA | AN ABNORMAL OBSTRUCTION WITHIN THE UTERINE CANAL THAT MAY INTEFER WITH CHILDBIRTH |
| LEIOMYOMA | MUSCULAR WALLS OF THE UTERUS IS THE ORIGIN OF BENIGN TUMORS AKA: FIBROID TUMORS |
| MASTITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE BREAST |
| MASTOPTOSIS | A BREAST THAT IS ABNORMALLY PENDULOUS OR DROOPING |
| OOPHOROPATHY | ANY DISEASE OF AN OVARY |
| OOPHORITIS | INFLAMMATION OF AN OVARY |
| OVARIAN CANCER | MOST COMMON FORM OF REPRODUCTIVE CANCER IN WOMEN - |
| OVARIAN CYST | A CYST IS A FLUID FILLED SAC THAT FORMS WITHIN THE BODY FROM MUTATED CELLS |
| PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE | INFLAMMATION INVOLVING SOME OR ALL OF THE FEMAL ORGANS WITHIN THE PELVIC CAVITY |
| PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME | A COLLECTION OF SYMPTOMS INCLUDING NERVOUS TENSION, IRRITABILITY, BREAST PAIN, EDEMA, AND HEADACHES |
| PROLAPSED UTERUS | THE UTERUS IS SUSPENDED IN THE PELVIC CAVITY BY LIGAMENTS. |
| SALPINGITIS | INFLAMMATION OF A FALLOPIAN TUBE |
| SALPINGOCELE | A PROTRUSION OR HERNIATION OF A FALLOPIAN TUBE WALL |
| TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME (TSS) | A SEVERE BACTERIAL INFECTION CHARACTERIZED BY A SUDDEN HIGH FEVER, SKIN RASH, MENTAL CONFUSION, ACUTE RENAL FAILURE AND ABNORMAL LIVER FUNCTION |
| VAGINITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE VAGINA, USUAL SYMPTOMS ARE; Redness, swelling are accompained by thinning of the vaginal wall and loss of moisture usually due to depletion of estrogen |
| VULVITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE EXTERNAL GENITALS, OR VULVA. |
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