Neoplasia terminology 1

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one word to describe neoplasai

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new growth

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define neoplasia

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collection of new cells resulting from genetic changes that enabled AUTONOMOUS/UNREGULATED proliferation

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what type of population is neoplasia

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monoclonal

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tumor

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swelling (neoplastic swelling)

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malignant tumor

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can invade, destroy adjacent structures and/or metastasize

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what is the hallmark for malignant tumor

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matastasize

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Polyp

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marcroscopic projection above a mucosal sruface

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sessile polyps

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dome-shaped

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parenchyma

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neoplastic red cells

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stroma

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connective tissue and blood vessels

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desmoplasia

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collagenous stroma

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scirrhous

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dense desmoplasia making tumor rock hard

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generally if it ends in -oma what type of cancer is it

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benign

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what ending does the word have if it s malignant cancer

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• carcinoma
• sarcoma
• glioma

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sarcoma

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malignant mesenchyme

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rhabdomyoma

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benign tumor trying to be skeletal muscle

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rhabdomyosarcoma

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malignant tumor trying to skeletal muscle

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lipoma

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benign tumor of fat cells

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liposarcoma

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malignant tumor of fat cells

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lymphoma

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malignant lymphoid tissue

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leukemia

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malignant white blood cells floating blood stream

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plasmacytoma (one place)
multiple myeloma (multiple places)

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malignant plasma cells,

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melanoma

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malignant melanocytes

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Nevus

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benign proliferation of melanocytes

moles

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glioma

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malignant bran/CNS

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glioblastoma

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malignant tumor of astrocytes

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oligodendroglioma

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malignant tumor of oligodendroglial cells

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meningioma

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benign tumor of meningeal cells

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mesothelioma

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malignant mesothelial cells

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hepatoma what is the older name

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hepatocellular carcinoma

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Seminoma

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subtype of malignant germ cells in testes

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dysgerminoma

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subtype of malignant germ cells in ovary

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carcinoma

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epithelial derived

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squamous cell carcinoma

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malignant squames

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adenocarcinoma

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malignant glands

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papillary cystadenocarcinoma

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malignent finger-like projections in a tumor derived from glands making a cyst

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undifferentiated carcinoma

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malignant where-this-started

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choriocarcinoma

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placental origin

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mixed tumor

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single clone with different lines of differentiation

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give examples of a mixed tumor

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``` pleomorphic ademona ( salivary gland) carcinosarcoma/malignant mixed mullerian tumor ```

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mixed tumors can be what type of cancers

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benign or malignant

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carcinosarcoma/malignant mixed mullerian tumor

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uncommon uterine tumor with both malignant glands and stroma

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pleomorphic ademona ( salivary gland)

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squamous and adeno components with cartilage

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IN MIXED TUMORS, ALL THE HISTOLOGIC SLIDES LOOK LIKE

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NEOPLASTIC

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desmoplaisa and stroma reacting to a neoplasm are made genetically of what

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NORMAL CELLS

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teratoma | location

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cells of >1 germ cell layer | tests/ovary, can be in midline

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mature benign teratoma

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mature elements | hair, teetch

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mature cystic teratoma

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common tumor of ovary | may have teeth and hair

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hamartoma

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right cells for the right place, but with wrong arrangement

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what type of cancer is hamartoma

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benign, clonal proliferation

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choristoma (heterotopic rest)

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wrong cells in wrong place, but with right arrangement