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Pathology of Gastrointestinal Cancers Flashcards

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What is meant by an adenoma?

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Benign neoplastic growth e.g a dysplastic polyp in the colon / rectum.

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What are the key differences between benign and malignant neoplasms?

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Malignant neoplams are infiltrating and invasive to tissue and metastasise to other sites.

Benign neoplasms are localised and encapsulated.

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Metastisis

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Secondary deposit of cancer away from the primary cancer.

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Dissemination (metastasis) occurs through what 4 processes?

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  1. Haematogenous spread - venous to liver/lungs.
  2. Lymphatic spread to regional lymph nodes.
  3. Seeding of body cavities e.g peritoneal cavity.
  4. Mechanical spread e.g needle biopsy tract. (Iatrogenic).
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Which of well differentiated and poorly differentiated neoplasms have the worse prognosis?

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Poorly differentiated malignant neoplasms have the worst prognosis.

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What microscopic features indicate malignancy?

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  1. Increased Nuclear:Cytoplasmic ratio as the nucleus enlarges.
  2. Pleomorphism - lot’s of different forms.
  3. Hyperchromatic (dark) nuclei
  4. Mitoses
  5. Loss of polarity - no clear organisation
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Carcinoma refers to cancer of the

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epithelium

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Melanoma refers to cancer of the

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Melanocytes

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Sarcoma refers to cancer of the

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Mesenchymal cells / germ cell tumour

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What is the normal epithelial lining of the oesophagus?

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Squamous epithelium

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What type of cancer normally forms in the oesophagus? (excluding barretts)

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Squamous cell carcinoma

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What changes to epithelium occur in Barrett’s oesophagus?

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Squamous epithelium is replaced by glandular epithelium (columnar metaplasia).

Risk of malignancy - formation of an adenocarcinoma.

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Why does metaplasia of squamous to columnar epithelium occur in Barrett’s oesophagus?

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The squamous epithelium is unable to deal with the acidic conditions resulting from GORD, where as the columnar epithelium can - hence you get metaplasia to columnar epithelium.

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Staging of oesophageal dyplasia

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What epithelium lines the stomach?

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Simple columnar - glandular epithelium

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16
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What are the risk factors of gastric cancer?

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Smoking

Diet

H.pylori infection

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What type of malignancy may be seen in the stomach?

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Adenocarcinoma

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Metaplasia dysplasia carcinoma sequence

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19
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What are the two main types of gastric adenocarcinoma?

  • what’s the prognosis for each?
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Intestinal type - low grade, localised growth

Diffuse type - infiltrative - consists of poorly cohesive maligant cells that are invasive.

Signet ring cell carcinoma = diffuse type

20
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Signet ring cell carcinoma

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Signet ring cell carcinoma (SRCC) is a rare form of highly malignant adenocarcinoma that produces mucin.

21
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Histology of gastric adenocarcinoma

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22
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Histology of signet ring cell carcinoma

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23
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What are the different types of gastric tumours?

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Gastric adenocarcinoma

Neuroendocrine tumours

Gastrointestinal stromal tumours

Lymphoma B-cell tumours

24
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H.pylori can give you what two types of stomach cancer?

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Gastric adenocarcinoma

Lymphoma

25
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What do gastric neuroendocrine tumours secrete?

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Gastric neuroendocrine tumours secrete gastrin.

26
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What is the histology seen here?

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27
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What cause gastric neuroendocrine tumours to form?

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Arise in stomach on a background of hypergastrinaemia (atrophic gastritis or gastrin-producing neoplasm) or occur sporadically.

Gastrinoma – duodenum or pancreas.

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Summary of gastrointestinal stromal tumours.

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29
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What can been seen here?

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30
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What is the most common cause of small bowel tumours?

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Metastasis

31
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What are the different types of small bowel tumours?

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  • Neuroendocrine tumours most common neoplasm.
  • GISTs
  • Lymphoma
  • Small bowel adenocarcinoma
32
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What are the risk factors of small bowel adenocarcinoma?

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Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP), Crohn’s disease, coeliac disease.

33
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What is the most common type of tumour seen in the appendix?

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Neuroendocrine tumour

34
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How is the risk of progression of an adenoma in the colon classified?

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Risk of progression to invasive adenocarcinoma is related to the number, size, villous architecture, and grade of dysplasia.

Note: average progression from adenoma to adenocarcinoma is around 10 years.

35
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Histology of colorectal adenoma’s

Tubular

Villous

Low grade

High grade

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36
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What is being shown here in this histology slide?

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37
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Name the condition shown?

What is the treatment?

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Familial Adenomatous Polyposis

Treatment is Colectomy

38
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How are tumour staged?

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TNM Classification

T - extent of primary tumour

N - lymph node involvement

M - Distant metastases

39
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Tumour Staging (T)

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40
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Lymph Node Staging (N)

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41
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Metastasis staging (M)

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42
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What can be seen in this histology?

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43
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What can be seen in this histology?

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44
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Peutz Jeghers Syndrome

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Peutz-Jeghers syndrome is characterized by the development of noncancerous growths called hamartomatous polyps in the gastrointestinal tract (particularly the stomach and intestines) and a greatly increased risk of developing certain types of cancer.

45
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What does lynch syndrome lead to?

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Lynch syndrome which is characterised by aggressive right sided colonic malignancy and endometrial cancer is caused by microsatellite instability of DNA repair genes.

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