Neoplasia — Flashcards

Osteochondroma is a(n) slow growing bone tumor commonly found at the _____

Hint: location

Neurofibromatosis type II is associated with mutations in the NF2 tumor suppressor gene on chromosome _____

Reed-Sternberg cells of Hodgkin's lymphoma are _____-nucleate with prominent nucleoli ("_____")

Is transitional cell carcinoma via the papillary pathway associated with early p53 mutations? _____

The most common heart tumor is a(n) _____

The overlying cartilage in osteochondroma rarely transforms to _____

On x-ray, Ewing sarcoma displays a "_____" appearance due to small areas of lucency in medullary cavity

Histologically, the nuclei of benign tumors are _____, whereas the nuclei of malignant tumors are _____ and hyperchromatic

Hepatic adenomas are subcapsular tumors and grow with exposure to _____

Abnormal expression of miRNAs contributes to certain _____ (e.g. by silencing an mRNA from a tumor suppressor gene)