Maternal cancer in pregnancy — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Hydatidiform mole presents with _____ levels of hCG than expected for the date of gestation

Answer: higher

Flashcard 2: In areas with no prenatal care, a hydatidiform mole presents in the 2nd trimester with _____

Answer: passage of grape-like masses (large, edematous villi) through the vaginal canal

Flashcard 3: What chemotherapeutic drug is used in the treatment of a hydatidiform mole if hCG levels remain elevated after D&C?_____

Answer: methotrexate

Flashcard 4: Gestational diabetes can lead to a placental _____, causing fetal asphyxia, growth restriction, and polycythemia

Answer: vasculopathy

Flashcard 5: Choriocarcinomas and Trophoblastic Tumors can be treated with _____

Answer: Methotrexate

Flashcard 6: When a patient is pregnant, low levels of -hCG should be concerning for failing or _____ pregnancies

Answer: ectopic

Flashcard 7: What is most commonly the effect of teratogens during the weeks 3-8 of gestation?_____

Answer: organ malformation

Flashcard 8: What volume defines oligohydramnios?

Answer: <0.5 L amniotic fluid

Flashcard 9: congenital syphilis

Answer: prenatal exposure to T. pallidum

Extra: in infant: saber shins, saddle nose, mulberry molars, notched incisors

Flashcard 10: combined estrogen/progestin

Answer:

Extra: contraceptionsmokers > 35 y/o, hx DVT, stroke, ER+ cancerin combination prevents ovulation thrombosis