Neoplasms Flashcards
(19 cards)
parenchyma
transformed or neoplastic cells
stroma
non-neoplastic supporting tissue
clonal
entire parenchyma of neoplasm arises from on genetically altered cell
scirrhous desmoplastic neoplasm
rock hard stroma (collagen)
cancer
a malignant neoplasm
carcinoma
epithelial malignant neoplasm
sarcoma
mesenchymal malignant neoplasm
lymphoma
a mass producing malignancy fromed by lymphoid cells
leukemia
a non-mass producing malignancy of hematopoietic cells
carcinosarcoma
combined epithelial and mesenchymal malignancy
melanoma
melanocytic malignant neoplasm
squamous cell papilloma
benign stratified squamous tumor
squamous cell carcinoma
malignant stratified squamous tumor
basal cell carcinoma
malignant tumor of basal cells of skin or adnexa
hamartoma
non-neoplastic tumor-like malformation d/t faulty development in an organ, composed of abnormally arranged tissue elements
choristoma
non-neoplastic congenital heterotopic (ectopic) rest of cells. Normal tissue in abnormal location.
Cowden syndrome
autosomal dominant, PTEN mutation. Propensity to develop hamartomas (usually skin and thyroid hamartomas)
anaplasia
lack of differentiation
pleomorphism
variation in size and shape of cells/nuclei
