Malignant Disease Flashcards
Which lymphoma is commoner in childhood?
NHL
How to differentiate lymphadenopathy in lymphoma than other ?
Much firmer and larger
May cause upper airway obstruction
The unusual symptoms with hodgkins lymphoma?
Pruritis
Sweating
At loss
How to stage both lymphoma and determine the treatment?
Lymph node biopsy
Radiological assessment of all nodal sites
Bone marrow biopsy
How to monitor treatment response in H lymphoma?
PET
T cell NHL can present in both?
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
NHL
Both characeterized by mediastinal mass
B cell NHL present?
Localized LN disease in the head neck or abdomen
Abdominal disease in NHL present with?
Pain from obstruction
Palpable mass
Intussupsion in involvement of the ileum
The most common childhood cancer in Africa is?
Burkitt lymphoma
Three variants of burkitt lymphoma?
Endemic(always associated with EBV with high malaria prevalence)
Sporadic (could be associated with EBV)
Immunodeficiency associated (HIV)
Wilma tumor metastasis is usually into the?
Lungs
Most common site of soft tissue sarcoma?
Head and neck
Causing proptosis nasal obstruction
Blood stained nasal discharge
