Gynaecology board exam: the most frequently examined topics

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Rank	Topic	Reports
1	Breast cancer	77
1	Caesarean section Method/treatment – no separate knowledge page	77
3	Contraception Method/treatment – no separate knowledge page	65
4	Antenatal care Method/treatment – no separate knowledge page	64
5	CTG and fetal monitoring Method/treatment – no separate knowledge page → Condition: Fetal hypoxia and acidosis	59
6	Ovarian cancer	51
7	Threatened preterm birth	45
8	Cervical dysplasia (CIN)	44
9	Induction of labour Method/treatment – no separate knowledge page → Condition: Post-term pregnancy	42
9	Pre-eclampsia	42
9	Uterine fibroids (leiomyoma)	42
12	Hysterectomy Method/treatment – no separate knowledge page	40
12	Tocolysis and antenatal corticosteroids Method/treatment – no separate knowledge page → Condition: Threatened preterm birth	40
14	Continence and prolapse surgery Method/treatment – no separate knowledge page → Condition: Stress urinary incontinence	39
15	Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM)	38
15	HER2-positive breast cancer	38
17	Endometriosis	37
18	Endometrial cancer	35
19	Breast surgery and axillary staging Method/treatment – no separate knowledge page → Condition: Breast cancer	34
20	Abnormal uterine bleeding	33
20	Fetal growth restriction (FGR)	33
20	Shoulder dystocia	33
23	Ectopic pregnancy	32
23	Prenatal diagnosis and first-trimester screening Method/treatment – no separate knowledge page → Condition: Trisomy 21 (prenatal diagnosis)	32
25	Pelvic organ prolapse	31
25	Female urinary incontinence	31
27	Menopausal syndrome	30
27	Conisation (LEEP) Method/treatment – no separate knowledge page → Condition: Cervical dysplasia (CIN)	30
29	HPV infection	27
30	Stress urinary incontinence	25
30	Multiple pregnancy	25
30	Triple-negative breast cancer	25
33	Vaccination in pregnancy and HPV vaccination Method/treatment – no separate knowledge page → Condition: HPV infection	21
33	Termination of pregnancy Method/treatment – no separate knowledge page	21
33	Operative vaginal delivery Method/treatment – no separate knowledge page → Condition: Labour arrest and prolonged labour	21
36	Postpartum haemorrhage (uterine atony)	19
36	Cervical insufficiency	19
38	Postmenopausal bleeding	18
39	Adenomyosis	17
39	Breech presentation	17
39	Fetal macrosomia	17
39	Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome (BRCA)	17
39	Female infertility	17
39	Preterm prelabour rupture of membranes (PPROM)	17
39	Cervical cancer	17
46	Miscarriage	16
46	Ovarian cysts (adnexal cysts)	16
46	Placental abruption	16
49	Chlamydia infection	15
49	Labour arrest and prolonged labour	15
49	Cystic hygroma and increased nuchal translucency	15
49	Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)	15
49	Spina bifida (neural tube defect)	15
49	Cystocele	15
55	Dysmenorrhoea	14
55	Hormone receptor-positive breast cancer (luminal A and B)	14
57	Urge incontinence and overactive bladder	13
57	Menopausal hormone therapy Method/treatment – no separate knowledge page → Condition: Menopausal syndrome	13
59	Anaemia in pregnancy	12
59	Endometrioma (chocolate cyst)	12
59	Fibroadenoma	12
59	Obstetric perineal injury	12
59	Peritoneal carcinomatosis of gynaecological origin	12
64	Adnexal torsion (ovarian torsion)	11
64	Rhesus incompatibility and fetal anaemia	11
66	Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS)	10
66	Endometrial hyperplasia	10
66	Fetal hypoxia and acidosis	10
66	HELLP syndrome	10
66	Vulvar lichen sclerosus	10
66	Omphalocele and gastroschisis	10
66	Parvovirus B19 in pregnancy	10
66	Triple I (intra-amniotic infection)	10
66	Uterine rupture	10
75	Amenorrhoea	9
75	Fetal anaemia	9
75	Inflammatory breast cancer	9
75	Intrauterine fetal death (stillbirth)	9
75	Monochorionic twin pregnancy	9
75	Mature cystic teratoma (dermoid cyst)	9
75	Trisomy 21 (prenatal diagnosis)	9
82	Gestational hypertension	8
82	Hyperprolactinaemia and prolactinoma	8
82	Post-term pregnancy	8
82	Uterine prolapse	8
82	Vulvar cancer	8
82	Vulvovaginal candidiasis	8
88	Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)	7
88	Malposition and malpresentation of the fetal head	7
88	Eclampsia	7
88	Genital herpes	7
88	Uterine sarcoma (leiomyosarcoma)	7
93	Group B streptococcus in pregnancy	6
93	Occult stress urinary incontinence	6
93	Lynch syndrome in gynaecology	6
93	Placenta praevia	6
93	Deep infiltrating endometriosis	6
93	Trisomy 18 and 13	6
93	Vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia (VIN)	6
93	Wound complications and niche after caesarean section	6
101	Bacterial vaginosis	5
101	Hydatidiform mole (gestational trophoblastic disease)	5
101	Borderline ovarian tumour	5
101	Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS)	5
101	Hirsutism and hyperandrogenism	5
101	Hydrops fetalis	5
101	Lobular breast cancer and lobular neoplasia	5
101	Polyhydramnios	5
101	Rectocele and enterocele	5
101	Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in pregnancy	5
111	Anencephaly	4
111	B3 lesions of the breast	4
111	Anogenital warts (condylomata acuminata)	4
111	Recurrent pregnancy loss	4
111	Cephalopelvic disproportion	4
111	Umbilical cord prolapse	4
111	Placenta accreta spectrum	4
111	Retained placenta	4
111	Postmenopausal osteoporosis	4
111	Rubella in pregnancy	4
111	Toxoplasmosis in pregnancy	4
111	Trichomoniasis	4
111	Overflow incontinence	4
111	Vasa praevia	4
125	Corpus luteum cyst and haemorrhagic ovarian cyst	3
125	Endomyometritis and puerperal fever	3
125	Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome	3
125	Granulosa cell tumour and sex cord-stromal tumours	3
125	Hepatitis B in pregnancy	3
125	Imperforate hymen and haematocolpos	3
125	Interstitial (cornual) pregnancy	3
125	Ovarian germ cell tumours	3
125	Puerperal mastitis	3
125	Missed miscarriage	3
125	Oligohydramnios	3
125	Postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis	3
125	Transverse lie	3
125	Thyroid disorders in pregnancy	3
125	Pregnancy of unknown location (PUL)	3
125	Sterilisation Method/treatment – no separate knowledge page	3
125	Venous thromboembolism in pregnancy and puerperium	3
125	Thrombocytopenia in pregnancy	3
125	Uterine malformations (septate, bicornuate uterus)	3
144	Adenocarcinoma in situ and adenocarcinoma of the cervix	2
144	Obesity in pregnancy	2
144	Congenital heart defects (prenatal)	2
144	Asherman syndrome	2
144	Atrophic vaginitis	2
144	Fetal renal anomalies	2
144	Gestational trophoblastic neoplasia (choriocarcinoma)	2
144	Gonorrhoea	2
144	Haematometra and pyometra	2
144	Urinary tract infections in pregnancy	2
144	Hyperemesis gravidarum	2
144	Functional hypothalamic amenorrhoea	2
144	Velamentous cord insertion and umbilical cord anomalies	2
144	Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy	2
144	Congenital diaphragmatic hernia	2
144	Non-puerperal mastitis	2
144	Fibrocystic breast changes and breast cysts	2
144	Meigs syndrome	2
144	Placental insufficiency	2
144	Pre-existing diabetes in pregnancy	2
144	Antepartum haemorrhage	2
144	Caesarean scar pregnancy	2
144	TAPS and TRAP sequence	2
144	Urogenital fistulas (vesicovaginal fistula)	2
144	Ventriculomegaly and hydrocephalus	2
144	Female genital mutilation (FGM)	2
144	Cervical polyp and ectropion	2
171	Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH)	1
171	Chronic hypertension in pregnancy	1
171	Diabetic fetopathy and neonatal hypoglycaemia	1
171	Endometrial polyp	1
171	Galactorrhoea	1
171	HIV in pregnancy	1
171	Hydrosalpinx	1
171	Intraductal papilloma	1
171	Krukenberg tumour	1
171	Vulvar lichen planus	1
171	Breast abscess	1
171	Male breast cancer	1
171	Pregnancy-associated breast cancer	1
171	Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome	1
171	Meconium-stained amniotic fluid	1
171	Vulvar Paget disease	1
171	Nuchal cord and umbilical cord knots	1
171	Phyllodes tumour	1
171	Premenstrual syndrome (PMS/PMDD)	1
171	Selective fetal growth restriction in twins (sFGR)	1
171	Septic miscarriage	1
171	Sheehan syndrome	1
171	Tubo-ovarian abscess	1
171	Varicella in pregnancy	1
171	Cervical stenosis	1

Method and treatment topics (e.g. caesarean section, contraception, CTG) are listed in the ranking but deliberately have no knowledge page of their own; where useful, the link leads to the related condition.