A 65-year-old man with a 40-pack-year smoking history presents with hemoptysis and a persistent cough. Chest CT shows a 3.5 cm centrally located mass in the right main bronchus. Positron emission tomography confirms a malignant nodule. Bronchoscopy with transbronchial biopsy is performed and a specimen sample of the nodule is sent for frozen section analysis. The tissue sample is most likely to show which of the following tumor types?
ACarcinoid tumor
BMetastasis of colorectal cancer
CSmall cell lung carcinoma
DLarge cell carcinoma
ESquamous cell carcinoma
A 53-year-old farmer presents to the clinic for evaluation of a pigmented lesion on his arm. He states that he first noticed the lesion last year, but he believes that it has been slowly growing in size. He otherwise does not have any complaints and is generally healthy. Which of the following findings on physical exam would suggest a malignant diagnosis?
ASymmetrical ovoid lesion
BFlat lesion with symmetric hyperpigmentation
CTenderness to palpation
DHyperpigmented lesion with smooth borders
EDifferent pigmentation throughout the lesion
A 24-year-old woman with a past medical history significant only for endometriosis presents to the outpatient clinic with a 2-cm left breast mass that she first identified 6 months earlier. On review of systems, the patient states that the mass is not painful and, by her estimation, has not significantly increased in size since she first noticed it. On physical examination, there is a palpable, round, rubbery, mobile mass approximately 2 cm in diameter. Given the lesion’s characteristics and the patient’s demographics, what is the most likely diagnosis?
AFibrocystic change
BInvasive breast carcinoma
CFibroadenoma
DPhyllodes tumor
EDuctal carcinoma in situ
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