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What are uterine fibroids?
What are uterine fibroids?
- Cancerous growths of the uterus
- Noncancerous growths of the uterus (correct)
- Growth of the external genitalia
- A type of gestational trophoblastic disease
What is gestational trophoblastic disease associated with?
What is gestational trophoblastic disease associated with?
- Pregnancy (correct)
- None of the above
- Menopause
- Puberty
What is the association between gestational trophoblastic disease and pregnancy?
What is the association between gestational trophoblastic disease and pregnancy?
- It only occurs in women who have never been pregnant before
- It is a common occurrence during pregnancy (correct)
- It is a type of uterine fibroid
- There is no association
What are fibroids?
What are fibroids?
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What can cause apoplectic change in fibroids?
What can cause apoplectic change in fibroids?
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What can cause apoplectic change in fibroids?
What can cause apoplectic change in fibroids?
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Study Notes
- The female genital tract includes external and internal genitalia.
- Gestational trophoblastic disease is associated with pregnancy.
- Uterine fibroids are noncancerous growths of the uterus.
- Fibroids are not associated with an increased risk of uterine cancer.
- Fibroids can appear during childbearing years.
- Fibroids can be intramural, submucosal, or subserosal.
- Fibroids are often multiple and well-circumscribed.
- Fibroids can have haemorrhage, infarction, or calcifications.
- Progesterone therapy can cause apoplectic change in fibroids.
- Extensive sampling is needed to exclude malignancy in fibroids lacking classic gross appearance.
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