Gastric tumors — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Hyperplastic colonic polyps classically show a '_____' appearance on microscopy

Answer: serrated

Flashcard 2: Distant metastasis of gastric adenocarcinoma most commonly involves the _____

Answer: liver

Flashcard 3: _____ gastric ulcers are usually large and irregular with heaped up margins

Answer: Malignant

Flashcard 4: Hyperplastic colonic polyps are benign with _____ malignant potential

Answer: no

Flashcard 5: _____ gastric ulcers are usually small (< 3 cm), sharply demarcated ("punched-out"), and surrounded by radiating folds of mucosa

Answer: Benign

Flashcard 6: Which type of gastric carcinoma (intestinal or diffuse) is more common? _____

Answer: Intestinal type

Flashcard 7: Is the intestinal metaplasia seen with H. pylori gastritis reversible? _____

Answer: Yes (resolves with treatment of infection)

Flashcard 8: Acute mesenteric ischemia may occur due to a thrombotic or embolic occlusion of the _____ artery

Answer: superior mesenteric

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Flashcard 9: Histopathologic findings of Microsporidium include small spores with a(n) _____ or _____ structure

Answer: diagonal

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Flashcard 10: _____ gastritis occurs due to acidic damage to the stomach mucosa

Answer: Acute

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