Rhabdomyosarcoma — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: The most common extra-cranial solid neoplasm in children is _____

Answer: Neuroblastoma

Flashcard 2: _____ system of staging is used for staging childhood non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Answer: St Jude

Flashcard 3: What is the mode of inheritance of familial Wilms tumor?

Answer: Autosomal dominant

Extra: Most Wilms tumors are sporadic (~98%). Familial cases (~1-2%) are inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern with incomplete penetrance.

Flashcard 4: Post-chemotherapy-based staging system in Wilms tumor is the _____ system

Answer: International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP).

Flashcard 5: Most unilateral Wilms tumors are treated by _____ followed by nephrectomy.

Answer: chemotherapy

Flashcard 6: _____ is the most common abdominal (extracranial) solid tumor of childhood.

Answer: Neuroblastoma

Flashcard 7: The second most common malignancy in childhood is _____

Answer: brain tumor

Flashcard 8: The most common presentation for a _____ is abdominal distention with a firm, irregular mass that can cross the midline

Answer: neuroblastoma

Flashcard 9: Wilms tumor presents as a large, _____ flank mass (most common presentation) and/or hematuria.

Answer: unilateral