Most Common Conditions Flashcards
(55 cards)
Most common PRIMARY hypercoagulable condition.
Factor V Leiden mutation
Most common lysosomal storage disease
Gaucher disease
Most common chromosomal disorder
Down syndrome
Most common cancer in children
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
(ALL)
*also the most responsive to chemotherapy
Most common leukemia of adults and the elderly
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Most common form of indolent Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
Follicular Lymphoma
Most common form of NHL
Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma
Most common and most deadly plasma cell neoplasm
Multiple Myeloma
Most common nutritional deficiency in the world
Iron deficiency anemia
Most common inherited bleeding disorder
Von Willebrand Disease
Most common hereditary disease associated with life-threatening bleeding
Hemophilia A
Most common type of odontogenic tumor
Odontoma
Most common lesion of the salivary gland
Mucocoele
Most common parotid tumor
Pleomorphic adenona
Most common form of primary malignancy of the salivary glands
Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma
Most common type of Melanoma (~70%)
Superficial Spreading Melanoma
Most common invasive cancer in human
Basal cell carcinoma
Most common primary intra-ocular malignancy of children
Retinoblastoma
MC presentation: leukocoria
Most common primary intra-ocular malignancy of children
Retinoblastoma
MC presentation: leukocoria
Most common breast mass in women younger than 35 years old
Fibroadenoma
Most common breast mass in women younger than 35 years old
Fibroadenoma
Most common cancer in adult women
Breast cancer
Most common cancer leading to death in general
Lung cancer
2nd most common cancer-producing death in women
Breast cancer
