Week 4 - Disorders Of Growth Flashcards
What is neoplasia?
The process by which a neoplasm is formed
What is a tumour?
Tumour = swelling
-used as a synonym for neoplasm
How does a benign tumour grow?
Displaces the adjacent tissue - makes own space
How does a malignant tumour grow?
By infiltration of local tissues and spreads to other parts of the body
What is a primary tumour?
The original malignant tumour
What is a secondary tumour?
“Offspring” of a primary malignant tumour
Often metastases from somewhere else
How do malignant tumours spread?
Local - direct invasion
Distant - metastases
What is metastasis?
the development of secondary malignant growths at a distance from a primary site of cancer
What are the routes of metastasis (common and less common)?
Common:
- lymphatics
- blood
- transcoelomic (through peritoneal cavity)
Less common:
- along epithelial-lined spaces
- within epithelium
How do metastases occur via the lymphatic system?
- tumour may directly invade lymphatics
- tumour emboli filtered out of blood , then grow in lymph nodes (typical of epithelial malignancy -carcinomas)
How do metastases occur via the blood?
- tumour may invade blood vessels
- emboli filtered out by capillary bed e.g. liver, lung
What malignancies often metastasise via the blood?
- stromal malignancy
- later stages of epithelial malignancy
In terms of metastasis what is transcoelomic spread?
- peritoneal, pleural
- travels by body cavities
What cancer often metastasises in epithelial-lined spaces?
-bronchiolo-alveolar carcinoma of the lung
What tumour often metastasises within epithelium?
- paget’s disease of the nipple
- vulva and anus
What do the names given to tumour/neoplasms individual lesions depend on?
- site
- behaviour (benign/malignant)
- histogenesis (cell of origin)
Name some benign epithelial tumours
Adenoma
Papilloma
Cystadenoma
Polyp
What is a polyp?
- benign epithelial tumour
- a mass attached to a surface, which may or may not be a neoplasm
What is an adenoma?
a benign tumour formed from glandular structures in epithelial tissue
What is a papilloma?
a small wart-like growth on the skin or on a mucous membrane, derived from the epidermis and usually benign
What is a cystadenoma?
- type of ovarian cyst that may be formed during an abnormal ovulation process
- very common benign ovarian tumour
Name the three types of malignant tumour
Cancer
Carcinoma
Sarcoma
What is cancer?
Any malignant tumour
What is a carcinoma?
A malignant tumour of epithelial tissue
What is a sarcoma?
A malignant tumour of stromal tissue
What are mesenchymal tumours/neoplasms?
mesenchymal neoplasms generally involve abnormal cellular growth in bone, connective tissue, or the lymph and circulatory systems
-may be benign or malignant
How are mesenchymal tumours named?
-according to the cell type with a suffix
- OMA - if benign
- SARCOMA - if malignant
E.g. Lipoma and liposarcoma (can be exceptions)
What is leukaemia?
- all malignant
- neoplastic proliferation of haematopoietic stem cells (give rise to all the other blood cells through the process of haematopoiesis)
- neoplastic cells spill over into the blood stream
- bone marrow and other blood-forming organs produce increased numbers of immature or abnormal leucocytes, suppressing production of normal blood cells