Neoplasia VIII

Question 1

What type of cancer is caused by Carbon tetrachloride?

Answer 1

Centrilobular necrosis, fatty change (p.223)

Question 2

What type of cancer is caused by nitrosamines (smoked foods)?

Answer 2

Gastric cancer (p.223)

Question 3

What types of cancer are caused by cigarette smoke?

Answer 3

Squamous cell carcinoma, squamous cell and small cell carcinoma, renal cell carcinoma, transitional cell carcinoma, pancreatic adenocarcinoma (p.223)

Question 4

What type of cancer is caused by asbestos?

Answer 4

Bronchogenic carcinoma > mesothelioma (p.223)

Question 5

What types of cancer are caused by arsenic?

Answer 5

Squamous cell carcinoma, angiosarcoma (p.223)

Question 6

What type of cancer is caused by Naphthalene (aniline) dyes?

Answer 6

Transitional cell carcinoma (p.223)

Question 7

What type of cancer is caused by alkylating agents?

Answer 7

Leukemia (p.223)

Question 8

What paraneoplastic syndrome is caused by elevated ACTH or ACTH-like peptide?

Answer 8

Cushing’s syndrome (p.223)

Question 9

What paraneoplastic syndrome is caused by ADH?

Answer 9

SIADH (p.223)

Question 10

What condition is caused by excess PTHrP that ultimately causes a paraneoplastic syndrome?

Answer 10

Hypercalcemia (p.223)

Question 11

What condition is caused by excess 1,25-(OH)2D3 (calcitriol) that ultimately causes a paraneoplastic syndrome?

Answer 11

Hypercalcemia (p.223)

Question 12

What paraneoplastic syndrome is caused by elevated Erythropoietin?

Answer 12

Polycythemia (p.223)

Question 13

What paraneoplastic syndrome is caused by Antibodies against presynaptic Ca2+ channels at the NMJ?

Answer 13

Lambert-Eaton syndrome (muscle weakness) (p.223)

Question 14

What neoplasm is associated with Cushing’s syndrome?

Answer 14

Small cell lung carcinoma (p.223)

Question 15

What neoplasms is associated with SIADH?

Answer 15

Small cell lung carcinoma and intracranial neoplasms (p.223)

Question 16

What neoplasms are associated with Hypercalcemia caused by elevated PRHrP or 1,25-(OH)2D3?

Answer 16

Squamous cell lung carcinoma, renal cell carcinoma, breast cancer, Hodgkin’s lymphoma, some non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas (p.223)

Question 17

What neoplasms are associated with Polycythemia?

Answer 17

Renal cell carcinoma, hemangioblatoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, pheochromocytoma (p.223)

Question 18

What neoplasm is associated with Lambert-Eaton syndrome?

Answer 18

Small cell lung carcinoma (p.223)

Question 19

What hormone/agent is elevated in Cushing’s syndrome?

Answer 19

ACTH or ACTH-like peptide (p.223)

Question 20

What hormone/agent is elevated in SIADH?

Answer 20

ADH (p.223)

Question 21

What hormones/agents are elevated in Hypercalcemia?

Answer 21

PTHrP or 1,25-(OH)2D3 (calcitrol) (p.223)

Question 22

What hormone/agent is elevated in Polycythemia?

Answer 22

Erythropoietin (p.223)

Question 23

What agent is elevated in Lambert-Eaton syndrome?

Answer 23

Antibodies against presynaptic Ca2+ channels at the NMJ (p.223)

Question 24

What are psammoma bodies?

Answer 24

Laminated, concentric, calcific spherules (p.223)