Tumour Pathology 1 Flashcards
What type of tumour is invasive?
Malignant
What type of tumour has no capsule, or a breached capsule?
Malignant.
What type of tumour is well-differentiated?
Benign.
What does tumour classification depend on?
The region its found in, and whether it is benign or malignant.
Name Glandular Epithelia benign tumour
Adenoma.
What is adenocarcinoma?
A Glandular epithelia malignant tumour.
Name squamous epithelia benign tumour.
squamous papilloma
Name squamous epithelia malignant tumour.
Squamous carcinoma.
What is osteoma?
A benign bone tumour.
Name Bone malignant tumour.
Osteosarcoma.
Where are lipomas and liposarcomas found?
Fat.
What is the benign tumour found on white blood cells?
There is none.
What is the malignant tumour found on lymphoid tissue.
Lymphoma.
What are germ cells?
Gametes.
What are tumours found on germ cells called?
Teratomas.
Which one is more likely to be malignant - an ovarian teratoma, or a testicular teratoma?
Tesiticular teratoma.
What is a tumour?
A growing mass of tissue
Uncoordinated growth compared to surrounding tissue
Growth continues after removal of stimulus that causes it to grow
Irreversible change.
What does metastasise mean.
Spread
What is the top 5 most common cancers.
1) breast
2) lung
3) prostate
4) colon
5) melanoma.
What is the nomenclature of tumours found in the CNS.
Astrocytoma.
What is the nomenclature of tumours found in the PNS?
Scwannoma.
