Neoplasia

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  • Created on: 03-12-14 17:20
What is a fibroma?
A benign mesenchymal tumor
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How would you name a malignant mesenchymal tumor?
-sarcoma
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What is a haemangiosarcoma?
A malignant tumor of the blood vessel endothelium
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How would you name a benign tumour of non glandular epithelium?
papilloma
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How would you name a malignant tumour of non glandular epithelium?
carcinoma
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How would you name a benign glandular epithelium tumour?
adenoma
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What is leukaemia?
malignant tumour of haemopoietic cells and their precursors
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What type of tumour are circulating neoplastic cells characteristic of?
Leukaemia
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What does the term sarcoma describe?
A malignant mesenchymal tumour
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What are the two commonly seen types of leukaemia?
Myeloid and lymphoid
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What cells form a lymphoma?
Lymphocytes
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What do lymphomas affect?
Solid lymphoid tissue
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What is a benign lymphoma called?
Lymphomas are never benign
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A skin tumour is freely moveable and feels like a separate solid lump. What is it likely to be?
Benign
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What benign tumour grows uncharacteristically quickly?
Canine histocytoma
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What is haematogenous spread?
Metastatis of a malignant tumour via the blood
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What tumour type commonly metastases via the blood?
Mesenchymal
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What tumour type commonly metastases via the lymphatics?
Epithelial
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How differentiated are malignant tumour cells likely to be?
May be well differentiated or poorly differentiated
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What is cellular pleomorphism?
Variation in size and shape within a cell population
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What type of tumour would larger cell nuclei be indicative of?
Malignant tumour
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In a tumour with increased mitotic divisions, what would you expect the cell population to look like?
Poorly or completely undifferentiated
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A tumour has elongated spindle-like cells. What is its likely origin?
Mesenchymal
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A tumour has a cellular architecture that forms many anastamosing lobules of cells. What is its likely origin?
Non-glandular epithelium
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What are round cells in a tumour indicative of?
Haemopoeitic or lymphoid origin
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If cells in a tumour are round and arranged in a regular sheet, what is their likely origin?
Haemopoeitic or lymphoid
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What cell shape is characteristic of tumours of epithelial origin?
Polygonal
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