Neoplasia — Flashcards

Flashcard 1211: Invasive ductal carcinoma classically forms _____-like structures

Answer: duct

Flashcard 1212: Glomus tumors arise from modified _____ cells of the thermoregulatory glomus body

Answer: smooth muscle

Flashcard 1213: Lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS) is often discovered _____; does not produce mass or calcification

Answer: incidentally

Flashcard 1214: The malignant cell of embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma is a _____

Answer: rhabdomyoblast

Flashcard 1215: _____ is a testicular germ cell tumor that forms a homogenous mass with no hemorrhage or necrosis

Answer: Seminoma

Flashcard 1216: Dysgerminoma is equivalent to its male testicular counterpart, termed a _____

Answer: seminoma

Flashcard 1217: _____ lymphoma arises sporadically or from transformation of low-grade lymphoma (e.g. follicular lymphoma)

Answer: Diffuse large B-cell

Flashcard 1218: _____ neoplastic tumors invade locally and have potential to metastasize

Answer: Malignant

Flashcard 1219: A malignant mesenchymal tumor is a _____

Answer: sarcoma

Extra: Benign mesenchymal tumors generally end in the suffix **-oma** (e.g., lipoma, fibroma, osteoma). **Malignant** mesenchymal tumors are called **sarcomas** (e.g., liposarcoma, fibrosarcoma, osteosarcoma).

Flashcard 1220: The most common type of metastases to the bone from Small Cell Lung Cancer are _____

Answer: blastic (lesion type)