Oncology

Question 0

Hodgkin lymphoma

Clinics

Answer 0

1-painless firm cervical or supraclavicular nodes
2-Anterior mediastinal mass
3-Night sweats, fever, weight loss, lethargy, anorexia, pruritus
4-Reed-Sternberg cell in biopsy

Question 1

Tumor Lysis Syndrome

Answer 1

1-Hyperuricemia 
2-Hyperkalemia 
3-Hypophosphatemia
4-Hypocalcemia 
5-Renal failure

Question 2

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Answer 2

More aggressive

Younger than Hodgkin

Question 3

Infratentorial tumors

Answer 3

2-6 years
1-Benign astrocytoma ( cerebellum)
2-Malignant astrocytoma (diffuse), Glioblastoma multiforme.
3-Medulloblastoma ( posterior fossa) ; hydrocephalus .
4-Brain-Stem tumors + ICP
5-Ependymal Tumors ( posterior fossa ) .

Question 4

Supratentorial Tumors

Answer 4

0-1 years. >10 years
1-Craniopharyngioma ( suprasellar region ) .
2-Optic nerve glioma : with neurofibromatosis
-Unilateral visual loss
-Proptosis, eye deviation, nystagmus , strabismus.

Question 5

Neuroblastoma

Answer 5

1-2 Years
2-Abdomen - adrenal 
          -Retraperitoneal sympathetic      
       ganglia 
3-Calcification and hemorrhage

Question 6

Neuroblastoma

Markers

Answer 6

1-HVA
2-VMA
3-Neuroblast in bone marrow

Question 7

Osteosarcoma

Answer 7

1-Second decade
2-Sunburst on metaphysis
3-Joint injury not responding to treatment