Tumors, Cancers, Cysts Flashcards
Cachexia
Wasting away
Carcinoma
Cancer of epithelial tissue, spread by lymph system
Carcinoma in situ
Cancer that has not invaded basement membrane
Cervical cancer
HPV 16 virus implicated
Chondroblastoma
Benign bone tumor
Chondroma
Benign tumor of cartilage
Chordoma
Cancer seen in sacrum
Colorectal cancer
Most common in US
Cryptorchidism
Absence of one or both testicles in scrotum
Enchondroma
Ollier’s disease
Benign hand tumor
Ewing’s sarcoma
Kids 10-25
Moth eaten appearance in medulla
Fibrous dysplasia
Benign tumor, ground glass appearance
Cafe au lait
Giant cell tumor
Tumor of osteoclasts, m/c knee
20-40
Leiomyoma
Tumor of smooth muscle
Leukoplakia
White patch on oral mucosa
Adenocarcinoma
Mc with NON smokers
Best prognosis
Small cell
Oat cell
Worst prognosis
Squamous cell
Most common in smokers
Metastasis
Most common form of cancer in bones
Morton’s neuroma
Between heads of 3-4 metatarsal
Osteoma
Mc benign tumor of skull
Frontal sinus
Papilloma
Associated with warts
Polycystic ovary disease
Obesity
Hirsutism
Rhabdomyoma
Tumor of striated muscle or heart