Neoplasia — Flashcards

Flashcard 81: Is diffuse large B-cell lymphoma typically aggressive or indolent? _____

Answer: Aggressive

Extra: * Aggressive archer Other:

Flashcard 82: One subtype of invasive ductal carcinoma (breast) is _____ carcinoma, which is characterized by large, high-grade malignant cells growing in sheets with lymphocytic infiltrate

Answer: medullary

Extra: * "MID-JULY - MEDULLARY breast carcinoma"

Flashcard 83: Melanoma is associated with sunlight exposure and _____ nevi

Answer: dysplastic

Extra: Atlas:

Flashcard 84: Is the African form of Kaposi sarcoma associated with immunodeficiency? _____

Answer: No

Flashcard 85: Hand-Schüller-Christian disease is a(n) _____ proliferation of Langerhans cells

Answer: malignant

Flashcard 86: Which oncogene is associated with Neuroblastoma? _____

Answer: N-myc overexpression

Extra: * located on chromosome 2 Atlas: Other:

Flashcard 87: Letterer-Siwe disease is often seen in _____

Answer: infants < 2 years old

Extra: Other:

Flashcard 88: T-cell ALL is caused by a mutation in a pre-T-cell in the _____ B-cell ALL is caused by a mutation in a pre-B-cell in the _____

Answer: thymus

Extra: * ALL= Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)

Flashcard 89: VHL is a tumor suppressor gene whose product inhibits _____

Answer: hypoxia inducible factor 1-α (HIF-1α)

Flashcard 90: Thyroid papillary carcinoma may have _____ bodies on biopsy, which are characterized by concentric layers of calcification

Answer: psammoma

Extra: Atlas: