Most Common Conditions Flashcards
Most common PRIMARY hypercoagulable condition.
Factor V Leiden mutation
Most common lysosomal storage disease
Gaucher disease
Most common chromosomal disorder
Down syndrome
Most common cancer in children
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
(ALL)
*also the most responsive to chemotherapy
Most common leukemia of adults and the elderly
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Most common form of indolent Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
Follicular Lymphoma
Most common form of NHL
Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma
Most common and most deadly plasma cell neoplasm
Multiple Myeloma
Most common nutritional deficiency in the world
Iron deficiency anemia
Most common inherited bleeding disorder
Von Willebrand Disease
Most common hereditary disease associated with life-threatening bleeding
Hemophilia A
Most common type of odontogenic tumor
Odontoma
Most common lesion of the salivary gland
Mucocoele
Most common parotid tumor
Pleomorphic adenona
Most common form of primary malignancy of the salivary glands
Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma
Most common type of Melanoma (~70%)
Superficial Spreading Melanoma
Most common invasive cancer in human
Basal cell carcinoma
Most common primary intra-ocular malignancy of children
Retinoblastoma
MC presentation: leukocoria
Most common primary intra-ocular malignancy of children
Retinoblastoma
MC presentation: leukocoria
Most common breast mass in women younger than 35 years old
Fibroadenoma
Most common breast mass in women younger than 35 years old
Fibroadenoma
Most common cancer in adult women
Breast cancer
Most common cancer leading to death in general
Lung cancer
2nd most common cancer-producing death in women
Breast cancer
Most common type of breast cancer (70%)
Invasive ductal carcinoma
Most common cause of BILATERAL breast cancer
Invasive lobular carcinoma
Most common malignancy in the urinary bladder
Urothelial carcinoma/ Transitional cell carcinoma
Most common benign paratesticular tumor
Adenonatoid tumor
Most common type of germ cell tumor in males
Seminoma
Most common form of testicular neoplasm in male over the age of 60
Testicular Lymphoma
Most common form of prostatitis
Chronic Abacterial Prostatitis
Most common form of cancer in men
Prostate Adenocarcinoma
Most common vaginal malignancy
Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Most common invasive cancer of the female genital tract
Endometrial Carcinoma
Most common benign tumor in women
Myoma Uteri
Most common ovarian germ cell tumor
Mature teratoma
Most common inherited disorder of connective tissue
Osteogenesis Imperfecta
Most common primary malignant bone tumor
Osteosarcoma
2nd most common primary malignant bone tumor
Chondrosarcoma
Most common form of skeletal malignancy
Metastatic Disease
Adults: prostate, breast, kidney, lung
Most common type of joint disease
Osteoarthritis
Most common type of aneurysm
Saccular aneurysm
Most common demyelinating disease
Multiple Sclerosis
Most common primary brain tumor in adults
Glioblastoma multiforme
Most common primary brain tumor in children
Pilocytic Astrocytoma/
Cystic Cerebellar Astrocytoma
Most common benign brain tumor in adults
Meningioma
Most common brain malignancy
Metastatic tumor
Lung>Breast>Skin (melanoma)
Most common tumor of infancy
Hemangiomas
Most common teratoma of childhood
Sacrococcygeal Teratoma
Most common extracranial solid tumor of childhood
Neuroblastoma
Most common primary renal tumor of childhood
Wilms Tumor
Most common mesenchymal tumor of the abdomen
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor
Most common malignancy of the GIT
Colorectal Adenocarcinoma
Most common malignancy of the extrahepatic biliary tract
Gallbladder Adenocarcinoma
Most common congenital anomaly of the pancreas
Pancreas Divisum
