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Tumour Pathology Flashcards

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What is a tumour?

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A neoplasm of neoplastic cells and stroma (CT, BV’s and inflammatory cells)

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What is the behaviour of tumours?

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Autonomous - which is where response to physiological stimuli is lost or abnormal allowing for unregulated growth.

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What is stroma?

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These aren’t the tumour cells but structures that surround the tumour.

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What are the Hallmarks of Cancer?

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Evading apoptosis, 
self-sufficiency in growth signals,
 insensitivity to anti-growth signals,
 tissue invasion and metastasis, 
limitless replicative potential 
and sustained angiogenesis
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What are the characteristics of benign tumours?

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Well circumscribed, slow growth, no necrosis, non-invasive, no metastasis.

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What are the features of malignant tumours

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Poorly circumscribes, rapid growth, often necrotic, invasive and metastasis.

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What are some of the clinical effects of benign tumours

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They have space occupying effects, they can cause haemorrhage and can produce hormones

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How do malignant tumours spread?

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Directly invade locally, via the lymphatics, via the bloodstream (haematological) or through body cavities (transcoelomic)

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Where does prostate, lung, breast and ovary cancer most often metastasise to?

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1) Prostate - bone.
2) lung - brain and adrenals.
3) breast - Lung, liver, bone and brain.
4) ovary - peritoneal cavity

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What are the macroscopic features of benign tumours?

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Sessile, pedunculated and papillary

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What are the macroscopic features of malignant tumours?

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Fungating, ulcerated or annular

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What are some of the microscopic features of benign tumours?

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Resemble tissue of origin, well circumscribed, well differentiated, minimal nuclear pleomorphism, mitotic features normal and no necrosis

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What are some of the microscopic features of malignant tumours?

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Variable resemblance, poorly circumscribed, variable differentiation, variable pleomorphism, may be anaplastic, abnormal mitotic figures and necrotic

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What are some cytological features of malignancy?

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High nucleo-cytoplasmic ratio, nuclear hyperchromasia, nuclear pleomorphism, abnormal chromatin structure and abnormal mitotic figures

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Describe histological classification - Grade

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It is based on the differentiation (resemblance to tissue if origin).

1) - Well differentiated.
2) moderately differentiated.
3) poorly differentiated
4) nearly anaplastic

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Describe the classification of spread - Stage

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TNM stage. T = Tumour size, N = degree of lymphnode involvement, and M = Extent of metastasis.

17
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What is Dukes staging system for colorectal cancer?

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A - confined to bowel wall.
B - Through bowel wall but no lymph node involvement.
C - lymph nodes involved.
D - distant spread

18
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What are the benign and malignant names for a tumour arising from squamous epithelium?

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B - Squamous cell papilloma.

M - Squamous cell Carcinoma

19
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What are the benign and malignant names for a tumour arising from transitional epithelium?

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B - transitional cell papilloma.

M - Transitional cell carcinoma

20
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What are the benign and malignant names for a tumour arising from basal cells

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B - basal cell papilloma

M - basal cell carcinoma

21
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What are the benign and malignant names for a tumour arising from glands

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B - Adenoma.

M - Adenocarcinoma

22
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What are the benign and malignant names for a tumour arising from smooth muscle cells

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B - Leiomyoma.

M - Leiomyosarcoma

23
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What are the benign and malignant names for a tumour arising from striated muscle

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B - Rhabdomyoma.

M - Rabdomyosarcoma

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What are the benign and malignant names for a tumour arising from adipose tissue

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B - Lipoma.

M - Liposarcoma

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What are the benign and malignant names for a tumour arising from blood vessels

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B - Angioma.

M - Angiosarcoma

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What are the benign and malignant names for a tumour arising from bone

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B - Osteoma.

M - Osteosarcoma

27
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What are the benign and malignant names for a tumour arising from cartilage

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B - Chondroma

M - Chondrosarcoma

28
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What are the benign and malignant names for a tumour arising from mesothelium

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Benign or malignant mesothelioma

29
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What are the benign and malignant names for a tumour arising from synovium

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B - Synovioma.

M - Synovial Sarcoma

30
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features of precursors of mesenchymal or epithelial tumours.

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Epithelial are associated with a non-invasive precursor while mesenchymal are not

31
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What is a teratoma

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A tumour that contains elements of all three embryonic germ cell layers. Ovarian teratomas are always benign but testicular teratomas are often malignant

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If a tumour arises from a single origin what is it called?

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It is clonal and then all tumours will have the same enzyme markers

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