Neoplasia — Flashcards

Flashcard 771: Glioblastomas are most common in the _____ lobes

Answer: frontal and temporal

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Flashcard 772: What is the mechanism that results in malignancy from the KIT oncogene? _____

Answer: point mutation

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Flashcard 773: What is the #1 risk factor for cervical carcinoma? _____

Answer: Multiple sexual partners (→ high risk HPV 16/18/31/33)

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Flashcard 774: Older person with pathologic fracture while lifting a bag of groceries = _____

Answer: metastatic tumor to bone

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Flashcard 775: Auer rods (MPO inclusions) are suggestive of _____

Answer: AML (esp. APL)

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Flashcard 776: Risk factors for sporadic renal cell carcinoma include: _____ gender _____ obesity

Answer: male

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Flashcard 777: Large cell carcinoma of the lung is _____ located and has distant mets

Answer: peripherally

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Flashcard 778: Which vulvar cancer presents as red and itchy? _____

Answer: Paget's disease

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Flashcard 779: For a breast mass suspicious for malignancy, _____ is generally preferred over fine-needle aspiration (FNA).

Answer: core needle biopsy

Flashcard 780: Choroid plexus papilloma is a benign intraventricular mass that causes increased production of _____

Answer: cerebrospinal f‌luid

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