Gastrointestinal Carcinoma Flashcards
What are the types of oral cancer?
Squamous Cell Carcinoma Adenocarcinoma Verrucous Carcinoma Sarcoma Extranodal Lymphomas Melanomas of the hard palate
What are signs of oral cancer?
Leukoplakia - Pre-Cancerous
Erythroplakia
Swollen Lymph Nodes
What is the most common type of oral cancer?
Squamous Cell Carcinoma
What is the likely type of proximal oesophageal cancer?
Squamous Cell Carcinoma
What is the likely type of distal oesophageal cancer?
Adenocarcinoma
What are the types of gastric cancer?
Adenocarcinoma
Lymphoma
Carcinoid Tumour
Leiomyosarcoma
What do adenocarcinomas arise from?
Columnar Glandular Epithelium
What do lymphomas arise from?
Lymphocytes
What do carcinoid tumours arise from?
Neuroendocrine Cells (G-cells in the stomach)
What de leiomyosarcomas arise from?
Smooth Muscle Cells
What are the two types of gastric adenocarcinoma?
Intestinal - Well differentiated
Diffuse - Undifferentiated
What is the most common cause of intestinal gastric adenocarcinoma?
H. Pylori infection
What is the characteristic signs of diffuse gastric adenocarcinoma?
Linitus Plastica - Stomach wall grows thick and hard
What is the typical location of intestinal gastric adenocarcinoma?
Lesser curvature of the stomach
