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Practice questions Ib answers, female genital tract

Practice questions Ib answers, female genital tract Pathology of vulva, vagina and cervix © Jun Wang, MD, PhD 1. A. Thick white vaginal discharges are suggestive of candida infection , that can be confirmed by wet mount preparation with identification of fungal pseudo hyphae, as seen in this case. Chlamydia trachomatis is probably the most common type of STD. However, there is no specific morphological changes for chlamydia infection. Gonorrhea usually has purulent discharges with Gram negative diplococci, but not pseudohyphae. Herpes infection is characterized by multinucleation, chromatin margining with ground glass appearing nuclei, as well as molding of nuclei, with marked neutrophilic infiltration. Human papillomavirus infection will cause cervical intraepithelial neoplasia , endocervical adenocarcinoma in situ , and most of cervical carcinomas , with presence of koilocyte , or neoplastic glandular or squamous cells, but not pseudohyphae. 2. D. Yellow-green m...