pathology 2 Flashcards
common benign lesions
ganglion cyst
giant cell tumour
fibromatosis
what is a ganglion cysts
a peripheral lump near a joint capsule or tendon sheath
common sites for ganglion cysts
around the wrists
in a ganglion cyst a true cysts
no there is no epithelial lining
what is an example of a superficial fibromatoma
Dupuytren’s contractor
what is a giant cell tumour
benign lesions
what is a giant cell tumour of of tendon sheath
small nodules found in the digits
easily excised
what is a pigmented villonodular synovitis
more destructive giant cell tumour
difficult to exercise and can often reoccur
what is an angiolimpoma
benign tumour made of fatty tissue and blood vessels
usually multiple and peripheral
painful
types of limpoma ANGEL
A-angiolimpoma N-neuroma G-glomus tumour E-eccrin spiradenoma C-cutaneuous leioyoma
what is a leiomyoma
very common benign smooth muscle tumour
where as leiomyosarcomas are v uncommon
what are rhabdomyomas
benign skeletal muscle lesions
very rare
what are embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma
malignant skeletal muscle lesion
seen in child hood
often in general tract, bile duct, GU
what are benign lesions in cartilage called
enchondroma
what are malignant cartilage tumours called
chondrosarcoma
