Rosai Chapter 17 - Large Bowel Flashcards

1
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The large bowel comprises the

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terminal 1 to 1.5 m of the GIT

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2
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Flexure

-junction of Ascending and Transverse colon

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Hepatic

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3
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Flexure

-junction of Transverse and Descending colon

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Splenic

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4
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Rectum forms

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distal 8 to 15 cm of extraperitoneal large bowel

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5
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Paneth cells are normally present only in the (2):

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  • Cecum

- Proximal right colon

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6
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POSITIVE or NEGATIVE

IHC of epithelial cells of the normal colonic mucosa:

CK8

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POSITIVE

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POSITIVE or NEGATIVE

IHC of epithelial cells of the normal colonic mucosa:

CK18

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POSITIVE

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POSITIVE or NEGATIVE

IHC of epithelial cells of the normal colonic mucosa:

CK19

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POSITIVE

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9
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POSITIVE or NEGATIVE

IHC of epithelial cells of the normal colonic mucosa:

CK20

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POSITIVE

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10
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POSITIVE or NEGATIVE

IHC of epithelial cells of the normal colonic mucosa:

CK7

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NEGATIVE

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11
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Most important complications of Hirschsprung disease (2)

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  • Acute intestinal obstruction

- Enterocolitis

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12
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Microscopic hallmark of Hirschsprung disease

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-absence of ganglion cells (aganglionosis) in BOTH plexuses of a segment of bowel

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13
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Standard guideline in which biopsy should be taken for Hirschsprung disease in INFANTS

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2cm above the anal valve

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14
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Standard guideline in which biopsy should be taken for Hirschsprung disease in OLDER CHILDREN

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3cm above the anal valve

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15
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IHC characteristic of Hirschsprung disease

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Loss of Calretinin-immunoreactive nerves

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16
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For frozen section evaluation of Hirschsprung disease to be reliable, the tissue should be:

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at least 4 mm long

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17
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other name of intestinal neuronal dysplasia (2):

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  • Neuronal colonic dysplasia

- Hyperganglionosis

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18
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Main complications of Diverticulosis (3):

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  • Hemorrhage
  • Perforation
  • Diverticulitis
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19
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Risk factors in the development of carcinoma in patients with ulcerative colitis (4):

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  • Patients with extensive colitis
  • those with disease for greater than 7-10 years
  • young age of colitis onset
  • Primary sclerosing cholangitis
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20
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Earliest gross change in patients with ulcerative colitis who develop carcinoma

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-thick mucosa with a finely nodular or velvety surface configuration

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21
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Two important diagnostic feature of Crohn disease in the colon

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  • Grossly, segmental distribution (with “skip” areas that can be demonstrated radiographically)
  • Preference for the right side of the colon
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22
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Typical triad of colonic Crohn disease

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  • Fissures
  • Noncaseating sarcoid-like granulomas
  • Transmural involvement
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23
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The main features of large bowel Crohn disease to look for in an endoscopic biopsy (5):

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  • Patchy mucosal inflammation
  • Granulomas
  • Preservation of the Goblet cell population
  • Pyloric gland metaplasia
  • Maintenance of the architecture of the glands
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24
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Classic site of involvement of Arteriosclerosis which could lead to ischemic colitis

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Splenic flexure

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25
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other name of Acute infectious-type colitis

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Acute self-limited colitis

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26
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Ulcerative colitis vs. Infectious-etiology

-Crypt distortion and plasma cell infiltration in the basal portion of the mucosa

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-Ulcerative colitis

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27
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Ulcerative colitis vs. Infectious-etiology

-Acute inflammation out of proportion to chronic features

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-Infectious-etiology

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28
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Main microscopic abnormalities of Allergic colitis and proctitis on rectal biopsy (2):

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  • Mucosal edema

- Marked eosinophilic infiltration

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29
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Lymphocytic colitis vs. Collagenous colitis

Main microscopic differences:

-absence of a thickened collagenous layer

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Lymphocytic colitis

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30
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Lymphocytic colitis vs. Collagenous colitis

Main microscopic differences:

-greater prominence of intraepithelial lymphocytes

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Lymphocytic colitis

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31
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Most common changes of Diversion colitis microscopically (3):

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  • Mild to moderate lamina propria expansion, predominantly by plasma cells
  • Crypt abscesses
  • Follicular lymphoid hyperplasia (most common and prominent)
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32
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Feature favoring TUBERCULOSIS vs. CROHN DISEASE

-Caseation and coalescence of the granuloma

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-Tuberculosis

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33
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Feature favoring TUBERCULOSIS vs. CROHN DISEASE

-Longitudinal ulcers

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-Crohn disease

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34
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Feature favoring MYCOPHENOLATE-INDUCED INJURY vs. GVHD

-lack of endocrine aggregates in the lamina propria

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Mycophenolate-induced injury

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35
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Feature favoring MYCOPHENOLATE-INDUCED INJURY vs. GVHD

-lack of apoptotic microabscesses

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Mycophenolate-induced injury

36
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Feature favoring MYCOPHENOLATE-INDUCED INJURY vs. GVHD

-Eosinophils greater than 15 per 10 HPF

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Mycophenolate-induced injury

37
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Key diagnostic feature of Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis

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-the arrangement of the giant cells around intact, partial, or collapsed cyst

38
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Two forms of Colitis Cystica Profunda

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  • Localized

- Diffuse

39
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Form of Colitis Cystica Profunda:

-located in the rectum, 5-12cm from the anal margin

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Localized

40
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Form of Colitis Cystica Profunda:

-presents as plaque, nodule, or polyp

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Localized

41
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Form of Colitis Cystica Profunda:

-associated with chronic proctitis

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Localized

42
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Form of Colitis Cystica Profunda:

-often associated with mucosal prolapse

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Localized

43
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Form of Colitis Cystica Profunda:

-result of inflammation and ulceration of the bowel

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Diffuse

44
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Form of Colitis Cystica Profunda:

-ulceration provides the means by which mucosa can extend along granulation tracts and thus form lakes of mucus in the submucosa

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Diffuse

45
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Form of Colitis Cystica Profunda:

-easily mistaken for a Mucinous carcinoma

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Diffuse

46
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other name of Mucosal prolapse

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Solitary rectal ulcer syndrome

47
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other name of Adenomatous polyps

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Tubular adenomas

48
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Villous component in Tubulovillous Adenomas

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25% or more

49
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Villous component in Villous Adenomas

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75% or more

50
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Features of “Pseudoinvasion” in an adenomatous polyp (3):

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  • the cytologic features of the misplaced glands are similar to those on the surface
  • the glands are surrounded by inflamed loose stroma (lamina propria) and scattered bundles of muscularis mucosae, rather that the desmoplastic reaction associated with invasive carcinoma
  • there are abundant hemosiderin deposits around the dysplastic glands
51
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Most common polyp with a serrated (sawtoothed) architecture

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Hyperplastic polyps

52
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Characteristic features of sessile serrated polyps

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basal crypt distortion or lateral spread of crypts at the base or BOTH

53
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WHO criteria for serrated polyposis syndrome (SPS) (3):

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  • at least 5 serrated polyps proximal to the sigmoid colon, with 2 or more greater than 10 mm in greatest dimension
  • any number of serrated polyps proximal to the sigmoid colon in an individual with a 1st-degree relative with SPS
  • more than 20 serrated polyps of any size throughout the colon
54
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Characteristic features of Traditional Serrated Adenoma (TSA)

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  • often distinctly eosinophilic cytoplasm with centrally or basally located uniform slightly hyperchromatic pencillate nuclei, with frequent mitoses
  • “ectopic crypt foci”
55
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This feature of TSA are abortive attempts at new crypt base formation high in the polyp

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Ectopic crypt foci

56
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Most frequent colonic polyp seen in children

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-Juvenile (retention) polyp

57
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Most important features of Peutz-Jeghers Polyps (4):

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  • Lack of cellular atypia
  • Disorganization of glands
  • Occurrence of several cell types (including Paneth cells)
  • the presence of smooth muscle fibers from the muscularis mucosae (which give the lesion a hamartomatous appearance)
58
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Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP) is also known as:

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Polyposis coli

59
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How many polyps should be present in FAP?

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minimum of 100

60
Q

Distinct microscopic appearance characteristic of thyroid carcinoma in patients with FAP

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-cribriform and morular formations

61
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Hereditary Flat Adenoma Syndrome (5)

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  • variant of FAP
  • polyps are Flat rather than elevated
  • Polyps less than 100
  • Right-sided predominance
  • same gene as FAP (APC)
62
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Gardner syndrome (5):

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  • variant of FAP
  • numerous large bowel adenomas
  • multiple osteomas of the skull and mandible
  • multiple keratinous cysts of the skin
  • soft tissue neoplasms, especially fibromatosis
63
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other name of Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer (HNPCC)

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Lynch syndrome

64
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Turcot syndrome (3)

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  • variant of HNPCC
  • colorectal adenomatous polyps
  • brain tumors, usually glioblastomas
65
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Variant of HNPCC associated with tumors of sebaceous glands

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-Muir-Torre syndrome

66
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other name of Cowden syndrome

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Multiple hamartoma syndrome

67
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Malignant colorectal polyps should be assessed for the following features (2)

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  • Tumor differentiation
  • Angiolymphatic invasion (LVI)
  • Adequacy of excision
68
Q

Best indicator of submucosal invasion

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Stromal desmoplasia

69
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Features of colorectal carcinomas that arise in HNPCC (7)

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  • young patient age
  • right-sided location
  • mucinous features
  • poor differentiation (solid or medullary appearance)
  • tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes
  • lack of “dirty” necrosis
  • presence of a Crohn-like inflammatory reaction
70
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Staining profile in HNPCC

-Normal staining profile

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-Low likelihood of HNPCC

71
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Abnormal result of test for BRAF V600E and/or MLH1 methylation

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-Low likelihood of HNPCC

72
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Characteristics of carcinoma of the large bowel with higher CEA values (3)

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  • tumors that have spread beyond the bowel wall
  • in poorly-differentiated neoplasms
  • in tumors associated with Angiolymphatic and Perineural invasion
73
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Immunohistochemically, the main mucin protein cores expressed by conventional colorectal adenocarcinoma (2)

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  • MUC 1

- MUC 3

74
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Tumors associated with MSI (4):

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  • Mucinous or Poorly-differentiated
  • with a prominent host response
  • a circumscribed growth pattern
  • Right-sided location
75
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Two distinct subtypes of Serrated carcinomas:

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  • MSI High

- MSI low or stable

76
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Subtype of Serrated Carcinoma:

-More common

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-MSI High

77
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Subtype of Serrated Carcinoma:

-arise in proximal colon from SSPs

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-MSI High

78
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Subtype of Serrated Carcinoma:

-Less common

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-MSI low or stable

79
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Subtype of Serrated Carcinoma:

-arise in the distal colon from TSAs

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-MSI low or stable

80
Q

Single most important predictor of clinical behavior for colorectal carcinoma

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Anatomic extent of tumor (Pathologic stage)

81
Q

Lymph nodes that should be examined in specimens which have not been subjected to neoadjuvant therapy for colorectal adenocarcinoma

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-at least 10 (and ideally 12)

82
Q

Most common sites of metastatic involvement of colorectal carcinoma

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  • regional lymph nodes

- Liver

83
Q

WDNET Grading

  • Ki-67 proliferation index - <3%
  • Mitotic index - < 2 per 10 hpf
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Grade 1

84
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WDNET Grading

  • Ki-67 proliferation index - 3-20%
  • Mitotic index - 2-20 per 10 hpf
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Grade 2

85
Q

Most common type of true smooth muscle tumors of the colon

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-Leiomyoma

86
Q

Three pseudomalignant benign vascular conditions which can be mistaken for an Angiosarcoma

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  • Florid vascular proliferation
  • Pyogenic granuloma (Lobular capillary hemangioma)
  • Reactive angioendotheliomatosis