Neoplasia Flashcards
(26 cards)
Abnormal mass of tissue, the growth of which exceeds and is uncoordinated with that of normal tissues and which persists in the same excessive manner after cessation of the stimuli which evoked the change
Neoplasm
The study of neoplasia
Oncology
Literally a mass or swelling; a neoplasm (?)
Tumor
Not malignant, favorable, good natured
Benign
Having the property of uncontrollable growth and dissemination or recurrence
Malignant
Any malignant neoplasm
Cancer
Sequence of events leading to the development of cancer
Carcinogenesis
Presence of a disease process at a site distant from the site of origin
Metastasis
A large lump
Mass
A small lump
Nodule
Any closed epithelial lined cavity usually containing fluid or pasty material
Cyst
A growth or mass protruding from a mucus membrane, usually on a stalk
Polyp
A nipple like or frond like projection
Papilla
Sitting on a surface without a stalk
Sessile
A malformation composed of an overgrowth of mature cells and tissues normally present in the affected part, but often with one element predominating; congenital lesions (mole, birthmark)
Hamartoma
Microscopically normal cells or tissues present in an abnormal location, which may be visible macroscopically as a mass; almost always congenital
Choristoma
A neoplasm composed of neoplastic elements from more that one and often all three germ layers
Teratoma
A malignant lymphoid neoplasm
Lymphoma
A malignancy of melanocytes
Melanoma
Malignancy of hepatocytes
Hepatoma
Malignancy of plasma cells
Myeloma
A malignant epithelial neoplasm
Carcinoma
A malignant mesenchymal neoplasm
Sarcoma
Refers to a cancer within an epithelial surface that has not penetrated the basement membrane
Carcinoma in situ
