Neoplasia

Question 1

adaptive v neoplastic changes

Answer 1

adaptive- controlled, physiologic, reversible

neoplasmic- autonomous, pathologic, irreversible

Question 2

leiomyoma

Answer 2

smooth muscle benign neoplasm

well differentiated cells- looks like the tissue it came from- indicates benign status

“fibroid”

can be found on uterus

Question 3

benign v malignant

Answer 3

benign- localized, circumscribed, well differentiated

malignant- invasive, mestatasis, show less differentiation

Question 4

squamous papilloma

Answer 4

benign tumor of squamous skin

found on tonsil

Question 5

carcinoma

Answer 5

malignancy of epitheleal origin

less well differentiated, invasive

Question 6

metastasis

Answer 6

invasion of lymph vessels or blood vessels

exit and growth at a secondary site

attachment in a distant site

Question 7

benign neoplasm roots

Answer 7

glandular- adenoma
fibrocyte- fibroma
fat cell- lipoma
smoot muscle- leiomyoma
bone- osteoma

Question 8

malignant neoplasm roots

Answer 8

glandular- adenocarcinoma
fibrocyte- fibrosarcoma
fat cell- lipsarcoma
smooth muscle- leiomyosarcoma
bone- osteosarcoma

Question 9

exceptions to naming rules

Answer 9

melanoma, leukemia, lymphoma, astrocytoma and glioma are all malignant

Question 10

desmoplasia

Answer 10

fibrous rxn in response to invasive tumor

Question 11

pedunculated polyp

Answer 11

polyp has a stalk

Question 12

sessile polyp

Answer 12

polyp is low, on the surface

Question 13

teratoma

Answer 13

shows multiple lines of differentation b/c neoplasm is in stem cells

Question 14

rhabdomyosarcoma

Answer 14

skeletal muscle malignant cancer

Question 15

hamartoma

Answer 15

a tumor but not a neoplasm

malformation

Question 16

villous ademona

Answer 16

sessile polyps