Gastrointestinal Pathology — Flashcards

Flashcard 51: Risk factors for colorectal carcinoma include _____ and serrated polyps

Answer: adenomatous

Flashcard 52: _____ (IBD) appears grossly with friable mucosal pseudopolyps

Answer: Ulcerative colitis

Flashcard 53: Chronic _____ gastritis causes increased risk for MALT lymphoma

Answer: H. pylori

Flashcard 54: A _____ is a mucus extravasation cyst involving a sublingual gland.

Answer: ranula

Flashcard 55: Risk of adenocarcinoma in gastric adenomas is particularly increased in lesions greater than _____ cm in diameter

Answer: 2

Flashcard 56: _____ is a disorder of vesicular transport that leads to deficient brush border assembly, and presents as diarrhea before 3 months age

Answer: Davidson disease

Flashcard 57: Most common type of anal canal carcinoma is _____

Answer: squamous cell carcinoma (SCC).

Flashcard 58: _____ is the most common mesenchymal tumor of the abdomen

Answer: Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST)

Flashcard 59: _____ is the most common cause of diffuse atrophic gastritis

Answer: Autoimmune gastritis

Flashcard 60: The most important prognostic factor for esophageal carcinoma and stomach carcinoma is _____

Answer: Stage (TNM staging)

Extra: Stage is the single most important prognostic factor for both esophageal and gastric carcinomas. The TNM stage accounts for the depth of invasion (T), regional lymph node involvement (N), and distant metastasis (M). Among these, nodal involvement and distant metastasis are often more significant than the depth of invasion alone once the tumor has extended beyond the mucosa.