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Disorders of Growth 1 and 2 Flashcards

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What is a neoplasm?

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Abnormal mass of tissue

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2
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What is neoplasia?

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Neoplasm formed

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What is the difference between benign and malignant tumours?

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Benign - pushes other tissues

Malignant - invades other tissues and can mets

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How do malignant tumours spread?

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Local/ direct

Lymphatic, blood, transcoelmic, epithelium

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5
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What is the benign name

What is the malignant name

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Benign - oma

Malignant - sarcoma

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What is Leukaemia

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Neoplastic proliferation of stem cells

Neoplastic calls spill over into blood stream

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What is lymphoma ?

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Lymphoid tissue cell proliferation

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What is Hodgkin’s disease?

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Mix of cells including reed

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What is Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma?

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Lacks cellular mix

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What is teratoma?

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From totipotential cells, producing tissues .. Teeth hair

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What are the precursors of malignant rumours?

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Lesions with an increased risk of invasive tumour

Can be non-neoplastic and neoplastic

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What are the non-neoplastic examples?

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Chronic inflammation, cirrhosis of the liver, chronic ulcerative colitis, xeroderma pigmentosum

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What is chronic inflammation non-neoplastic?

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Varicose leg ulcers leading to skin cancer

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What is cirrhosis of the liver non-neoplastic?

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Hepatocellular carcinoma

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What is chronic ulcerative colitis non-neoplastic?

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Large intestine adenocarcinoma

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What is xeroderma pigmentosum non-neoplastic ?

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Squamous cell carcinoma skin

17
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What is familiar polyposis coli neoplasia ?

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Autosomal dominant, 1000 adenoma of large intestine, carcinoma inevitable

18
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What is intra-epithelial neoplasia?

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Nuclear changed of carcinoma without breaching basement membrane - “dysplasia”

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What are some effects of malignant tumours ?

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All the physical activities of benign, tissue destruction, secondary infection

20
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What is cachexia?

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Severe weight loss from increased metabolic rate - associated with malignant tumours

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