vascular tumors Flashcards

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vascular tumors - types

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  1. angiosarcoma 2 kaposi 3. bacillary angiomatosis
  2. Cystic hygroma 5. Glomus tumor 6. Pyogenic granuloma 7. Strawberry hemangioma
  3. Cherry hemangioma
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angiosarcoma - typical occurs in (areas)

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SUN EXPOSED AREAS
head
neck
breast

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angiosarcoma - definition / age

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Rare blood vessel malignancy

usually in elderly

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angiosarcoma is associated with

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radiation therapy

chronic postmastectomy lymphadema

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hepatic angiosarcoma is associated with

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  1. vinyl chloride

2. arsenic exposures

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angiosarcoma - course

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very aggressive and and difficult to resect due to delay in diagnosis

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Bacillary angiomatosis

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Bening CAPILLARY skin papules found in AIDS patiens

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Bacillary angiomatosis is found in

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AIDS patients

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9
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Bacillary angiomatosis is caused by

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Bartonella henselae

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Bacillary angiomatosis is frequently mistaken for

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Kaposi sarcoma

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Bacillary angiomatosis instead of Kaposi sarcoma

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Bacillary angiomatosis has neutrophilic infiltrate

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Cherry hemangioma

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bening CAPILLARY hemangioma of the elderly

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Cherry hemangioma - progression in time

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does not regress

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14
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Cherry hemangioma - frequency

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increased with age

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15
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Cystic hygroma

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CARVENOUS lymphangioma of the neck

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Cystic hygroma is associated with … / area

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Turner syndrome

area: neck

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Glomus tumor - area

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under fingernails

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Glomus tumor?

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Benign, painful, red blue tumor under fingernails

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Glomus tumor arises from

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modified SMCs of the thermoregulatory glomus bodies

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Kaposi sarcoma?

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endothelial malignancy

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kaposi sarcoma - area

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MC in skin, but also month, GI tract and respiratory tract

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Kaposi sarcoma is associated with

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HHV-8 and HIV

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Kaposi sarcoma instead of Bacillary angiomatosis (histology)

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Kaposi sarcoma has lymphocytic infiltrate

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Bacillary angiomatosis vs kaposi sarcoma

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Bacillary angiomatosis has neutrophilic infiltrate

Kaposi sarcoma has lymphocytic infiltrate

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Pyogenic granuloma
polipoid lobulated CAPILLARY hemangioma that can ulcerate and bleed
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Pyogenic granuloma is associated with
trauma and pregnancy
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Strawberry hemangioma
bening capillary hemangioma of infancy
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Strawberry hemangioma- age (when appears)
infancy | appears in first few weeks of life
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Strawberry hemangioma frequency
1/200 births
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Strawberry hemangioma natural history
appears in first few weeks of life | grows rapidly and regress spontaneously by 5-8 years old
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malignant vascular tumors
1. angiosarcoma | 2. kaposi
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vascular tumors that can ulcerate and bleedg
pyogenic granuloma
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vascular tumors of infancy
Strawberry hemangioma
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vascular tumors associated with trauma
pyogenic granuloma
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vascular tumors from capillaries
1. Bacillary angiomatosis 2. Cherry hemangiomas 3. Pyogenic granuloma 4. Straberry hemangioma