60. Neoplasia part one

Question 1

definition of neoplasia

Answer 1

new growth - can be benign or malignant

Question 2

tumour definition

Answer 2

swelling - often used to describe neoplasia

Question 3

what is oncology

Answer 3

study of tumours

Question 4

identifying neoplastic growth

Answer 4

no single feature - multiple factors indicate neoplasia

Question 5

components of neoplastic growth

Answer 5

neoplastic cells and connective tissue stroma

Question 6

what is the main difference between benign and malignant tumours

Answer 6

malignant can invade and metastasize and are potentially lethal whereas benign dont do this and can sometimes be harmful

Question 7

name the four key features of neoplasms

Answer 7

differentiation, growth rate, local invasion, metastasis

Question 8

what are the 3 levels of differentiation

Answer 8

well, poor and anaplastic

Question 9

what is tumour differentiation

Answer 9

how much the tumour represents the tissue of origin

Question 10

what is it called when a cell changes cell type due to stress

Answer 10

metaplasia

Question 11

what is it called when there is an increase in cell size

Answer 11

hypertrophy

Question 12

what is it called when a cell increases in number

Answer 12

hyperplasia

Question 13

what is dysplasia

Answer 13

confined neoplastic change (confined to basement membrane)aka no invasion

Question 14

what is carcinoma in situ

Answer 14

cytomorphological features of malignancy but without invasion

Question 15

dysplasia and carcinoma in situ cancerous

Answer 15

no but does increase chances of cancer

Question 16

can benign tumours be harmful

Answer 16

yes

Question 17

example of how benign tumours can be harmful

Answer 17

meningioma - benign tumour in brain causes pressure in brain

Question 18

epithelial tumours can be two types

Answer 18

glandular and non glandular

Question 18

what is the suffix for benign tumours

Answer 18

-OMA

Question 19

a benign epithelial tumour can be either ….. or ….

Answer 19

glandular or non glandular

Question 20

So a benign epithelial glandular tumour is called

Answer 20

adenoma

Question 21

So a benign epithelial non- glandular tumour is called

Answer 21

Papilloma

Question 22

a malignant tumar can be ….. or …..

Answer 22

mesenchymal or epithelial

Question 23

so a malignant mesenchymal tumor is called ……

Answer 23

sarcoma

Question 24

so a malignant epithelial tumor can be …..

Answer 24

glandular or non glandular

Question 25

so a malignant epithelial glandular tumor is called

Answer 25

a Adenocarcinoma

Question 26

so a malignant epithelial non glandular tumor is called

Answer 26

…..cell type…….. carcinoma

Question 27

a malignant epithelial tumor is termed…?

Answer 27

carcinoma

Question 28

what are the tumors from germ cell origin containing multiple tissue types called?

Answer 28

teratomas

Question 29

what are the tumours which resemble embryonic tissue

Answer 29

Blastomas

Question 30

SPECIAL CASES non-neoplastic disordered growth of normal tissue is called

Answer 30

Hamartomas

Question 31

SPECIAL CASES normal tissue in abnormal location is called

Answer 31

Choristomas

Question 32

salivary gland tumor is called

Answer 32

warthin tumor

Question 33

kidney tumors in children are called

Answer 33

wilms tumour

Question 34

Kaposi Tumor is a …

Answer 34

vascular tumor associated with HHV8

Question 35

Ewig Sarcoma

Answer 35

Undifferentiated small round cell sarcoma

Question 36

Hematolymphoid malignancies are
1. Lymphoma
2. Myeloma
3.Leukemia
what are these cancers

Answer 36

1. Malignancy of B and T cells
2. Malignancy of plasma cells
3. Malignancy of WBCs

Question 37

melanoma is malignancy of what

Answer 37

melanocytes

Question 38

which is benign and which is malignant - MELANOMA or MELANOCYTIC NAEVUS

Answer 38

Melanoma is malignant
melanocytic naevus is benign