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An other NBME doubt - tabriz
#1
I don't want the answer of this question, only please some body give the diagnosis:

. A 28-year-old African-American woman comes to the office because of low back pain and decreased urine output. She is a semiprofessional basketball player and she is married. She had one pregnancy 12 years ago that was uncomplicated and resulted in vaginal delivery of a term female neonate. Medications include oral contraceptive pills and a corticosteroid inhaler for asthma. She is 182 cm (6 ft) tall and weighs 88 kg (195 lb). Physical examination is normal except for a palpable lower abdominal mass that extends to the umbilicus. Speculum examination discloses a 3-cm ulcerative lesion circumferentially around the external cervical os. Bimanual examination shows a firm, nodular, central pelvic mass filling the pelvis and extending cephalad to the umbilicus. Rectovaginal examination confirms these findings. Stool is negative for occult blood. Which of the following is the most appropriate recommendation?

A) Arrange for laparoscopy

B) Do a cervical biopsy

C) Do an endometrial biopsy

D) Increase Pap smear screening to every 3 months

E) Obtain pelvic ultrasonography

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#2
Someone suggested that this could be a papilloma...but Iam of the view that it could be a fibroid. Any Ob Gyn people on the forum?
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#3
It doesn't look like something inside the uterus but around the cervix and along aoutside of the utero.
I think a cervical biopsy is a good way to start
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#4
B.....Ulcerative lesion...definitely biopsy will be my first choice
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#5
whe not pelvis u/s
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#6
Isn't any Ob/Gyn resident here?!!
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#7
B is correct ,I am an oncologist ,If you have any doubt about malignancy I should say that a far remote Dx. for this case and mostly that will be fibroma or papilloma of the uterus.
Thanks
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#8
DO U/ S to R/O pregnancy first, and them biopsy.... she is 28 and sexually active...
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#9
Dear friends,I don't need the amswer,if you know plesae give Diagnosis or differentials
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#10
I would do US to r/o first..... lady is reproductive age.... u have to r/o pregnancy before biopsy her cervix. Also beta HCG
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