Neoplasia — Flashcards

Flashcard 591: Which is more common, primary bone tumors or metastasis to the bone? _____

Answer: Metastasis

Flashcard 592: Bronchial carcinoid tumor is _____ located

Answer: peripherally OR centrally

Flashcard 593: Laryngeal papillomas are usually _____ lesions in adults

Answer: single

Flashcard 594: Mesothelioma is almost always positive for calretinin and _____

Answer: cytokeratin 5/6

Flashcard 595: What demographic is associated with mantle cell lymphoma? _____

Answer: Adult males

Extra: * Adult Male standing next to Mantle Atlas: Other:

Flashcard 596: Which oncogenic microbes are associated with the following cancers?: _____ Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Answer: HBV, HCV, Aspergillus

Flashcard 597: Which CNS tumor is characterized histologically by closely arranged, thin-walled capillaries with minimal intervening parenchyma? _____

Answer: Hemangioblastoma

Extra: Hemangioblastomas are most often found in the cerebellum. They are associated with von Hippel-Lindau syndrome.

Flashcard 598: The Gleason grading system (for prostatic adenocarcinoma) is based on _____, not _____

Answer: architecture

Flashcard 599: LymphoPlasmacytic Lymphoma (LPL) can present with _____ due to bone marrow replacement by tumor cells, which suppresses normal RBC production

Answer: anemia

Flashcard 600: Loss of the VHL tumor suppressor gene (renal cell carcinoma) leads to increased _____, which promotes growth

Answer: IGF-1

Extra: Atlas: