Path Flashcards
Tyrosine kinase oncogenes
abl, erb-B2, ret
OncoGene or tumor suppressor: L-myc, ret, BRCA, DPC,ras, bcl-2, NF1, APC, p53
Og,Og, ts, ts, Og, Og, ts, ts, ts
Transcription factor oncogene
C-myc
GTP-ase oncogene
Ras
Cytokine receptor oncogene
C-kit
Paraneoplastic syndrome with increased erythropoietin
Renal cell carcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, hemangioblastoma, pheochromocytoma
Psammoma bodies
Papillary thyroid, ovary(serous), meningioma, mesothelioma
Bence jones amyloid
AL (think Light chain from MM)
Secondary amyloid
AA (assoc with chronic cond)
Senile cardiac amyloid, transthyretin, derived from
AF
DM II Amyloid
Amylin from AE (think Endocrine)
Dialysis assoc amyloid
Beta 2 microglobulin (MHC class I proteins)
Metastasis to the bone
Permanently relocated tumors like long bones
Prostate, renal, thyroid, testes, lung,
Lymphoma, breast
Metastasis to brain
Lots of bad stuff kills glia
Lung, breasts, skin ,kidney, G.I.
Metastasis to liver
Cancer sometimes penetrates benign liver
Colon, Stomach, pancreas, breast, lung