Neoplasia — Flashcards

Flashcard 181: What is the most common variant of melanoma? _____

Answer: Superficial spreading

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Flashcard 182: Is bronchioloalveolar carcinoma related to smoking? _____

Answer: No

Extra: Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma Chest x-ray (PA view) Diffuse consolidation in the lower zones of the lung that can resemble pneumonia. This finding indicates advanced disease.

Flashcard 183: What type of lymphoma is usually the cause of testicular cancer in older men? _____

Answer: diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (aggressive)

Extra: The dude has diffusely large balls

Flashcard 184: In LymphoPlasmacytic Lymphoma, monoclonal plasma cells secrete _____

Answer: IgM

Flashcard 185: The Knudson two-hit hypothesis states that _____ copy/copies of a tumor suppressor gene must be knocked out for tumor formation

Answer: both

Flashcard 186: In MGUS, bone marrow biopsy displays _____% monoclonal plasma cells in relation to bone marrow cells

Answer: < 10

Flashcard 187: Kaposi sarcoma has a(n) _____ infiltrate, which distinguishes it from bacillary angiomatosis

Answer: lymphocytic

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Flashcard 188: The most common body cavity seeded by a tumor is the _____

Answer: peritoneal cavity

Flashcard 189: Which ovarian neoplasm is most commonly associated with an increased AFP? _____

Answer: Yolk sac (endodermal sinus) tumor

Flashcard 190: Which tumor suppressor gene is associated with breast, prostate and endometrial cancer? _____

Answer: PTEN