Lung Cancer, Head and Neck, CUP, Oncologic Emergencies Flashcards
how to distinguish SCLC from NSCLC
CD56
neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM)
synaptophysin
chromogranin
marker for adenocarcinoma
thyroid transcription factor 1
napsin-A
marker for squamous
p40 or p63
mucin stains
presenting finding or first sign of recurrence (SCLC)
paraneoplastic syndromes
most common life-threatening metabolic complication of malignancy
PTH-related peptide
most significant risk factor for head and neck cancer
alcohol and tobacco use
etiologic agent for oral cancers
smokeless tobacco
oropharyngeal tumor - generally caused by what infection
HPV
first sign of HPV-related tumor
neck lymphadenopathy
common site of CUP presentation
liver
responsible for the majority of SVCS cases
lung cancer
lymphoma
metastatic tumors
initial manifestation of Behcet’s syndrome
SVCS
SVCS is milder if obstruction is above
azygos vein
most significant chest radiographic finding of SVCS
widening of superior mediastinum, right side
malignant pericardial disease most frequently seen in
lung cancer
breast cancer
leukemia
lymphoma
pericardial metastasis common symptoms
dyspnea cough chest pain orthopnea weakness
most frequent physical findings or pericardial metastasis
pleural effusion sinus tachycardia jugular venous distention hepatomegaly peripheral edema cyanosis
most common symptom of intestinal obstruction
pain
measurement of acute cecal dilation that is considered surgical emergency
> 12-24cm
most common symptom of urinary obstruction
flank pain
common clinical problem causing malignant biliary obstruction
primary carcinoma of: pancreas ampulla of vater bile duct liver
metastatic disease:
periductal lymph nodes
liver parenchyma
most common metastatic tumors causing biliary obstruction
gastric
colon
breast
lung
first manifestation of malignancy in MSCC
epidural tumor
most common cause of MSCC
lung cancer
