Neoplasia

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Spread to adjacent structures

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Invasion

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Study of tumors or neoplasm

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Oncology

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Resemblance to tissue of origin

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Well differentiated

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Means new growth

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Neoplasm

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Uncontrolled, disorderly proliferation of cells, resulting in a benign or malignant

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Neoplasia

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Implantation into noncontiguous sites

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Metastasis

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Swelling but not necessarily neoplastic, but now equated with neoplasm

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Tumor

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Little or no resemblance

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Poorly differentiated

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Most defining characteristic of malignancy; less differentiated

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Metastasis

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Epithelial origin

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Carcinoma

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Poorly differentiated , pleomorphism, hyperchromatism, increase nuclear-cytoplasmic ratio, abnormal mitosis, cellular dyspolarity, often prominent nucleoli.

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Anaplasia

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Transitional cell epithelium of Urinary Tract

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Transitional cell CA

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Reversible change, often precedes malignancy

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Dysplasia

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Marked variability in nuclear size and shape

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Pleomorphism

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Aggressive but often respond well to chemo and radiotherapies.

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Anaplasia

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Tumor-induced proliferation of non-neoplastic Fibrous Connective tissue

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Desmoplasia

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Stratified squamous epithelium

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Squamous Cell CA

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Examples of desmoplasia

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Breast, Prostate & Pancreas

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Mesenchymal origin

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Sarcoma

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Bone origin

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Osteosarcoma

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Fatty tissue origin

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Liposarcoma

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Skeletal muscle origin

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Rhabdomyosarcoma

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Smooth muscle origin

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Leiomyosarcoma

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Grow slowly, do not metastasize but growth may compress adjacent structure

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Benign tumors

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Suffix in most tumors

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-oma

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Usually well differentiated

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Benign Tumor

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Has 3 germ layers

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Teratoma

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Eponymically named tumors

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Burkitt lymphoma Hodgkin disease Wilms tumor

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Arise in ovaries or testes

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Teratoma

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Germ layers

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Mesoderm Ectoderm Endoderm

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Finger-like processes overlying a core of connective tissue stroma containing blood vessels

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Papilloma

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Connective tissue proliferation surrounding glandular epithelium

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Fibroadenoma

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Glandular epithelium origin

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Adenoma

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Most common neoplasm in women

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Uterine Leiomyoma/ Fibroid tumor

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Small non-neoplastic area of normal tissue misplaced in onother organ

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Choristoma

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Adenomatous papillary processes extend into cystic spaces

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Papillary Cystadenoma

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Irregular accumulation of blood vessels

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Hemangioma

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Benign tumors of mesencymal origin

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``` Leiomyoma Lipoma Rhabdomyoma Fibromaa Chondroma ```

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Example of Fibroadenoma

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Breast fibroadenoma

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Example of papillary cystadenoma

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Cystadenoma of the ovary

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Example of Choristoma

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Pancreatic Tissue in the stomach wall

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Morphologic Manifestation of Dysplasia

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* Disorderly maturation and Spatial arrangement of cells * Pleomorphism- marked variability in nuclear size and shape * Increased, abnormal mitosis