Final: Cancers Flashcards
Most common tumor of the heart
Atrial myoxoma
Hypocellular myoxoid mass with polygonal or elongated cells. Mononuclear or multi nucleated. Finely vacuolated eosinophilic cytoplasms
Atrial myoxoma
Atrial myoxoma (benign/malignant)
benign (though can metastasize)
Most common primary pediatric tumor of the heart
Cardiac rhabdomyoma
Neoplasm with the greatest propensity to metastasize to the heart
Melanoma
Areas of mycardium with brown/black pigment
Metastasizing melanoma
tumors are of neural origin and arise from Schwann cells.
Granular cell tumor
Most common GI site for granular cell tumor
esophagus
two main forms of esophageal cancer
squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma
Esophageal … are similar to head and neck cancer in their appearance and association with tobacco and alcohol consumption.
squamous cell carcinoma
Esophageal …. are most often associated with a history of gastroesophageal reflux disease and Barrett’s esophagus
adenocarcinomas
….. cancer accounts for ~ 90 - 95% of all esophageal cancer worldwide, however in the U.S. ~ 50 - 80% of all esophageal cancer cases are …..
squamous cell / adenocarcinoma
Most common benign tumor of the esophagus
leiomyoma
one commonly finds gastricmucosa withinfiltration by neutrophils.
acute gastritis
Small curved to spiral rod-shaped bacterium is found in the surface epithelial mucus are seen here with a methylene blue stain.
H. pylori