Pathology Flashcards
1
Q
what is hyperplasia
A
increase in number of cells
2
Q
what is hypertrophy
A
increase in cell size
3
Q
what is dysplasia
A
formations of a growth. no stimulus. underlined by a mutation
4
Q
what is metaplasia
A
a reversible change form one mauture cell type to anotheer in response to a stimulus
5
Q
what type of tumours are leiomyomas
A
smooth muscle tumours
6
Q
what type of cancer do you get in the top 1/3rd of the oesophahgus
A
squamous cell cancer
7
Q
what type of cancer do you get in the lower 1/3rd of the oesophagus
A
adenocarcinoma
8
Q
what is lynch syndrome
A
autosomal dominant, predisposes to colorectal an endometrial cancer
9
Q
risk factors for endometrial cancer
A
obesity
anything that increase oestrogen levels
10
Q
if nuclear:cytoplasmic high=?
A
malignancy
11
Q
what are histocytes
A
actiavted macrophages
