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1
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Primary cancer of hepatocytes is ____ or ____

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Primary cancer of hepatocytes is adenoma or hepatocellular carcinoma

2
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Primary cancer of bile ducts is ____ or ____

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Primary cancer of bile ducts is adenoma or cholangiocarcinoma

3
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Primary cancer of blood vessels in liver is ____ or ____

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Primary cancer of blood vessels in liver is hemangioma or angiosarcoma

4
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This neoplasm is ____

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This neoplasm is hepatocellular carcinoma

5
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This neoplasm is ____

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This neoplasm is hepatocellular carcinoma

6
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This neoplasm is ____

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This neoplasm is hepatocellular carcinoma

7
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This neoplasm is ____

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This neoplasm is hepatocellular carcinoma

8
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Hepatocellular carcinoma pathology involves ____, ____, ____, and ____

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Hepatocellular carcinoma pathology involves

  • No normal portal tract
  • Hepatocytes growing in haphazard pattern
  • Hepatic plate expansion
  • Has potential to metastasize
9
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____ is the most common primary hepatic malignancy of adults

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Hepatocellular carcinoma is the most common primary hepatic malignancy of adults

  • Risk factors: male, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, aflatoxin, cirrhosis
10
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____ often presents as a solitary mass in a background of cirrhosis

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Hepatocellular carcinoma often presents as a solitary mass in a background of cirrhosis

11
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____ is elevated in hepatocellular carcinoma and germ cell neoplasms

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Alpha-fetoproteins is elevated in hepatocellular carcinoma and germ cell neoplasms

12
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This neoplasm is ___

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This neoplasm is hepatocellular adenoma

13
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This neoplasm is ___

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This neoplasm is hepatocellular adenoma

14
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Hepatocellular adenoma involves ____ portal tract, hepatocytes growing in ____, and ____ metastasize

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Hepatocellular adenoma involves NO normal portal tract, hepatocytes growing in relatively normal pattern, and NO potential to metastasize

  • Risk factor: elevated levels of hormones (OCPs, steroids)
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This neoplasm is ____

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This neoplasm is cholangiocarcinoma

16
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Chalgiocarcinoma arises from ____

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Chalgiocarcinoma arises from bile ducts anywhere within the biliary tree

  • Risk factors: diseases that cause chronic inflammation of the biliary tree
17
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Cholangiocarcinoma pathology involves ____ and ____

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Cholangiocarcinoma pathology involves loss of normal hepatocytes and bile ducts and fibrous stroma with malignant appearing ducts

18
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____ is the most common benign neoplasm of the liver and involves proliferation of vascular spaces

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Hemangioma is the most common benign neoplasm of the liver and involves proliferation of vascular spaces

19
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Portal venous phase demonstrating gradual centripetal contrast enhancement on CT is ____

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Portal venous phase demonstrating gradual centripetal contrast enhancement on CT is hemangioma

20
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This liver neoplasm is ____

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This liver neoplasm is hemangioma

21
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This neoplasm is ____

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This neoplasm is hepatoblastoma

22
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____ is the most common liver tumor of early childhood

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Hepatoblastoma is the most common liver tumor of early childhood

  • Single liver mass
  • Rarely occurs after age 3
  • fzrequent activation of WNT signaling pathway: mutation in downstream of WNT signaling (APC gene)
  • Patients with FAP frequently develop hepatoblastoma
23
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This neoplasm is ____

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This neoplasm is metastatic colon cancer

24
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Metastatic colon cancer is often ____ and often forms ____

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Metastatic colon cancer is often multiple and often forms glands with dirty necrosis in the glandular spaces

  • Common tumors that metastasize to liver: colon, lung, breast
  • Spread occurs through blood vessels

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