Neoplasia — Flashcards

Flashcard 771: Which skin cancer presents as a "pink, pearl-like papule" with telangiectasias? _____

Answer: Basal cell carcinoma

Extra: Atlas:

Flashcard 772: What is the #1 risk factor for cervical carcinoma? _____

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

Flashcard 773: Older person with pathologic fracture while lifting a bag of groceries = _____

Answer: metastatic tumor to bone

Flashcard 774: Auer rods (MPO inclusions) are suggestive of _____

Answer: AML (esp. APL)

Flashcard 775: Which vulvar cancer presents as red and itchy? _____

Answer: Paget's disease

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

Answer: male

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

Answer: peripherally

Flashcard 778: For a breast mass suspicious for malignancy, _____ is generally preferred over fine-needle aspiration (FNA).

Answer: core needle biopsy

Flashcard 779: _____ is a lymphatic vascular malignancy associated with persistent lymphedema such as post-radical mastectomy

Answer: Lymphangiosarcoma

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

Answer: cerebrospinal f‌luid