Neoplasia — Flashcards

Flashcard 161: _____ tumors are mobile

Answer: Benign

Flashcard 162: Which thyroid malignancy is usually solid with prominent areas of necrosis and hemorrhage? _____

Answer: Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma

Flashcard 163: Follicular thyroid carcinoma is most common in _____ and is the second most common thyroid malignancy

Answer: older women

Flashcard 164: What is the most common malignant tumor of the ear canal? _____

Answer: Squamous cell carcinoma

Flashcard 165: Invasive carcinoma cells first bind to basement membrane via _____

Answer: laminin

Flashcard 166: _____ tumors usually display nuclear pleomorphism

Answer: Malignant

Flashcard 167: The classic finding on gross exam for a pheochromocytoma is a(n) _____ tumor

Answer: brown

Extra: Atlas: Other:

Flashcard 168: Burkitt lymphoma classically presents as an extranodal mass in a(n) _____ or _____

Answer: child

Extra: Other:

Flashcard 169: Polycythemia vera may cause proliferation of RBCs, platelets and _____

Answer: granulocytes (neutrophils, basophils, eosinophils)

Flashcard 170: Which architectural growth pattern of endometrial hyperplasia has higher risk of progression to carcinoma? _____

Answer: Complex