19 - Tumour classification & nomenclature

Question 1

Benign tumour of surface epithelium

Answer 1

papilloma

Question 2

Benign tumour of glandular epithelium

Answer 2

adenoma

Question 3

malignant epithelial tumours are

Answer 3

carcinomas

Question 4

malignant glandular tumours

Answer 4

adenocarcinomas

Question 5

glandular epithelium of thyroid is called a

Answer 5

follicular adenoma

Question 6

chondro

Answer 6

cartilage tissue prefix

Question 7

smooth muscle prefix

Answer 7

leiomyo

Question 8

Seminomatous tumours

Answer 8

Seminoma

Question 9

Non-seminomatous germ cell tumours

Answer 9

Teratoma (teeth, hair, muscle, neural, cartilage)

Question 10

Embryonal tumours features

Answer 10

Occur in very young

Question 11

Embryonal tumours e.g.s

Answer 11

Retinoblastoma
Nephroblastoma
Neuroblastoma
Hepatoblastoma

Question 12

Nephroblastoma aka

Answer 12

Wilm’s tumour

Question 13

Neuroblastoma

Answer 13

arises in the adrenal medulla or nerve ganglia

Question 14

Malignant tumours with benign names: 4

Answer 14

Melanoma
Mesothelioma
Myeloma
Lymphoma

Question 15

Hamartoma is

Answer 15

Non-neoplastic overgrowth of normal tissue indigenous to site of occurrence.
Development abnormalities.
Lung hamartoma

Often mistaken for malignant tumours.
Genetical syndromes

Question 16

Choristoma

Answer 16

AKA heterotrophic rests

Nodules of organ parenchyma in another organ

E.g. normal (non-neoplastic) pancreas nodule in stomach