ILOs
- Normal structure and significant developmental abnormalities of the tubes and ovaries; and salient features, processes and effects of:
- Ovarian stromal hyperplasia; non-neoplastic cysts;
- Inflammation including pelvic inflammatory disease, tubo-ovarian abscess, and ‘specific’ infections; adnexal torsion; tubal gestation; endometriosis;
- Elements of classification of benign and malignant ovarian neoplasia (including the concepts of ovarian tumours of surface epithelial origin; sex cord/stromal and germ cell origin, and their range of behaviours.
The Ovaries and Fallopian Tubes
- Outline the important parts of the gynaecological tract (diagram)
- Outline the features of a normal fallopian tube
- Outline the features seen on a low power cross section of the fallopian tube in histology
- Outline the features seen on a high power cross section of the fallopian tube in histology
- What are the features of the normal ovary? (gross anatomical perspective)
- What are the features of the normal ovary in histological cross section?
- Outline the features of the corpus albicans and ovarian medullary stroma in histological cross section
- What do mesothelial cells appear like under histological section?
- Describe the embryonic development of the ovaries and fallopian tubes
Non-neoplastic Ovarian Cysts
- What are the different types of non-neoplastic ovarian cysts?
- Outline the features of polycystic ovaries on a histological slide
- What is ovarian stromal hyperplasia? Outline the definition and appearance