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: No (generally considered irreversible)

Extra: While H. pylori eradication reverses the underlying chronic inflammation and may lead to regression of gastric atrophy, intestinal metaplasia is typically considered the "point of no return" in the Correa cascade of gastric carcinogenesis and does not reliably regress.

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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