Neoplasia — Flashcards

Flashcard 401: Meningiomas are characterized histologically by presence of _____ bodies

Answer: psammoma

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Flashcard 402: _____ are soft friable brain tumors with areas of necrosis that may contain MYC amplifications

Answer: Medulloblastomas

Flashcard 403: What is the mechanism that results in malignancy from the c-MYC oncogene? _____

Answer: t(8;14) involving IgH

Flashcard 404: _____ tumors usually display organized growth

Answer: Benign

Flashcard 405: One subtype of invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast is _____ carcinoma, which is characterized by malignant cells floating in 'pools of mucus'

Answer: mucinous

Flashcard 406: Which liver mass is characterized by sheets of large hepatocytes full of glycogen on histology? _____

Answer: Hepatic adenomas

Flashcard 407: How do levels of plasma renin change in a renin-secreting tumor? _____

Answer: Increased

Flashcard 408: What is seen on histology of Intestinal-type gastric adenocarcinoma? _____

Answer: Glandular structures filled with mucin

Flashcard 409: Which type of polyp has greater malignant potential, sessile or pedunculated? _____

Answer: Sessile

Flashcard 410: Follicular lymphoma typically presents in _____

Answer: late adulthood

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