FEMALE GENITAL TRACT PATHOLOGY
STUDY GUIDE AND FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH 100% COMPLETE AND
CORRECT ANSWERS A+GRADE/2024
VERSION
The surface of the uterus, tubes and ovaries is derived from ____ - Answer -
coelomic epithelium (mesothelium)
Remnants of wolffian/mesonephric ducts in the cervix and vagina - Answer -
gartner duct cyst
Most common form of vaginitis - Answer -candida albicans
What does trichomonas look like on wet mount of vaginal discharge - Answer -
large, flagellated ovoid protozoan
"Strawberry cervix"-vaginal and cervical mucosa is fiery red - Answer -
trichomonas vaginitis
Most common cause of cervicitis - Answer -chlamydia trachoamtis
What causes condyloma acuminatum - Answer -HPV 6 and 11
What is seen microscopically on condyloma acuminatum* - Answer -koilocytes-
nuclear atypica in cells with peri nuclear vacuolization
What is the cause of pelvic inflammatory disease - Answer -gonococcal infection
What is a serious complication of PID - Answer -infertility and fallopian tube
obstruction with ectopic pregnancy
*what are the parts of the vulva* - Answer --mons pubis
-labia majora
-labia minora
, FEMALE GENITAL TRACT PATHOLOGY
STUDY GUIDE AND FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH 100% COMPLETE AND
CORRECT ANSWERS A+GRADE/2024
VERSION
-clitoris
-vestibule
What is the most common site of extramammary Paget disease - Answer -vulva
Paget disease of the vulva may be associated with ___ - Answer -underlying
adenocarcinoma
Benign condition where glandular columnar epithelium of müllerian type either
appears beneath the squamous epithelium or replaces it - Answer -vaginal
adenosis
What patients have increased incidence of vaginal adenosis - Answer -daughters
of women who received diethlstilbestrol (DES) therapy during pregnancy
The area where most dysplasia and carcinomas originate in the cervix - Answer -
the transformation zone
Chronic cervicitis can result in __ - Answer -squamous metaplasia
Multiple small mucinous cysts on the endocervix that result from blockage of the
endocervical glands by overlying squamous metaplastic epithelium - Answer -
nabothian cyst
How do you detect HPV DNA - Answer -hybridization techniques
Appearance of mild/low grade dysplasia - Answer -half of the epithelium is
affected
, FEMALE GENITAL TRACT PATHOLOGY
STUDY GUIDE AND FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH 100% COMPLETE AND
CORRECT ANSWERS A+GRADE/2024
VERSION
Appearance of high grade dysplasia - Answer -full thickness of epithelium is
affected
Most common cancer of the cervix - Answer -invasive SCC
Gross finding of carcinoma of the cervix - Answer -exophytic (fungating),
ulcerative and infiltrative
What are the oncogenes inflused in HPV's DNA - Answer -E6 and E7
The early gene products of HPV are involved in: - Answer -replication and
oncogenesis
The late gene products of HPV are involved in - Answer -encoding structural
proteins for the viral capsid
The most predominant type of HPV strain found in women with cervical neoplasia
- Answer -HPV 16
strains of HPV associated with genital lesions - Answer -6, 11, 16, 18
Hallmark of HPV in a pap smear - Answer -koilocytosis
What is a koilocyte - Answer -large cytoplasmic cavity surrounding an
abnormal nucleus
-magnified view of the cervix following the application of acetic acid to identify
suspicious lesions and biopsy the most advanced lesion - Answer -colposcopy
, FEMALE GENITAL TRACT PATHOLOGY
STUDY GUIDE AND FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH 100% COMPLETE AND
CORRECT ANSWERS A+GRADE/2024
VERSION
Hallmark of the proliferative phase of the ovarian cycle - Answer -mitoses
Hallmark of the secretory phase of the ovarian cycle - Answer -glycogen in cells-
subnuclear vacuoles
what is the Arias-Stella reaction* - Answer -exaggerated hyperlasia and
hypersecretion of the endomterium during pregnancy
Abnormal uterine bleeding due to a functional abnormality rather than an organic
lesion of the uterus - Answer -dysfunctional uterine bleeding
What usually causes dysfunctional uterine bleeding* - Answer -endocrine
abnormality-hormonal instability
What usually causes an anovulatory cycle - Answer -prolonged estrogenic
stimulation with development of progestational phase
Inadequate corpus luteum function and low progesterone output resulting in
asynchrony between the chronologic date and the histologic appearance of the
endometrium - Answer -inadequate luteal phase
Prolonged functioning of the corpus luteum with continued progesterone
production leads to prolonged heavy bleeding at the time of menses - Answer -
irregular shedding
What does biopsy of irregular shedding usually show - Answer -a mixture of
secretory and proliferative glands
STUDY GUIDE AND FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH 100% COMPLETE AND
CORRECT ANSWERS A+GRADE/2024
VERSION
The surface of the uterus, tubes and ovaries is derived from ____ - Answer -
coelomic epithelium (mesothelium)
Remnants of wolffian/mesonephric ducts in the cervix and vagina - Answer -
gartner duct cyst
Most common form of vaginitis - Answer -candida albicans
What does trichomonas look like on wet mount of vaginal discharge - Answer -
large, flagellated ovoid protozoan
"Strawberry cervix"-vaginal and cervical mucosa is fiery red - Answer -
trichomonas vaginitis
Most common cause of cervicitis - Answer -chlamydia trachoamtis
What causes condyloma acuminatum - Answer -HPV 6 and 11
What is seen microscopically on condyloma acuminatum* - Answer -koilocytes-
nuclear atypica in cells with peri nuclear vacuolization
What is the cause of pelvic inflammatory disease - Answer -gonococcal infection
What is a serious complication of PID - Answer -infertility and fallopian tube
obstruction with ectopic pregnancy
*what are the parts of the vulva* - Answer --mons pubis
-labia majora
-labia minora
, FEMALE GENITAL TRACT PATHOLOGY
STUDY GUIDE AND FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH 100% COMPLETE AND
CORRECT ANSWERS A+GRADE/2024
VERSION
-clitoris
-vestibule
What is the most common site of extramammary Paget disease - Answer -vulva
Paget disease of the vulva may be associated with ___ - Answer -underlying
adenocarcinoma
Benign condition where glandular columnar epithelium of müllerian type either
appears beneath the squamous epithelium or replaces it - Answer -vaginal
adenosis
What patients have increased incidence of vaginal adenosis - Answer -daughters
of women who received diethlstilbestrol (DES) therapy during pregnancy
The area where most dysplasia and carcinomas originate in the cervix - Answer -
the transformation zone
Chronic cervicitis can result in __ - Answer -squamous metaplasia
Multiple small mucinous cysts on the endocervix that result from blockage of the
endocervical glands by overlying squamous metaplastic epithelium - Answer -
nabothian cyst
How do you detect HPV DNA - Answer -hybridization techniques
Appearance of mild/low grade dysplasia - Answer -half of the epithelium is
affected
, FEMALE GENITAL TRACT PATHOLOGY
STUDY GUIDE AND FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH 100% COMPLETE AND
CORRECT ANSWERS A+GRADE/2024
VERSION
Appearance of high grade dysplasia - Answer -full thickness of epithelium is
affected
Most common cancer of the cervix - Answer -invasive SCC
Gross finding of carcinoma of the cervix - Answer -exophytic (fungating),
ulcerative and infiltrative
What are the oncogenes inflused in HPV's DNA - Answer -E6 and E7
The early gene products of HPV are involved in: - Answer -replication and
oncogenesis
The late gene products of HPV are involved in - Answer -encoding structural
proteins for the viral capsid
The most predominant type of HPV strain found in women with cervical neoplasia
- Answer -HPV 16
strains of HPV associated with genital lesions - Answer -6, 11, 16, 18
Hallmark of HPV in a pap smear - Answer -koilocytosis
What is a koilocyte - Answer -large cytoplasmic cavity surrounding an
abnormal nucleus
-magnified view of the cervix following the application of acetic acid to identify
suspicious lesions and biopsy the most advanced lesion - Answer -colposcopy
, FEMALE GENITAL TRACT PATHOLOGY
STUDY GUIDE AND FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH 100% COMPLETE AND
CORRECT ANSWERS A+GRADE/2024
VERSION
Hallmark of the proliferative phase of the ovarian cycle - Answer -mitoses
Hallmark of the secretory phase of the ovarian cycle - Answer -glycogen in cells-
subnuclear vacuoles
what is the Arias-Stella reaction* - Answer -exaggerated hyperlasia and
hypersecretion of the endomterium during pregnancy
Abnormal uterine bleeding due to a functional abnormality rather than an organic
lesion of the uterus - Answer -dysfunctional uterine bleeding
What usually causes dysfunctional uterine bleeding* - Answer -endocrine
abnormality-hormonal instability
What usually causes an anovulatory cycle - Answer -prolonged estrogenic
stimulation with development of progestational phase
Inadequate corpus luteum function and low progesterone output resulting in
asynchrony between the chronologic date and the histologic appearance of the
endometrium - Answer -inadequate luteal phase
Prolonged functioning of the corpus luteum with continued progesterone
production leads to prolonged heavy bleeding at the time of menses - Answer -
irregular shedding
What does biopsy of irregular shedding usually show - Answer -a mixture of
secretory and proliferative glands
