Tumours of the urinary tract

Question 1

What kind of kidney tumour is an angiomyolipoma?

Answer 1

benign stromal tumour

Question 2

What condition is angiomyolipoma associated with?

Answer 2

tuberous sclerosis

Question 3

What kind of renal tumour is an oncocytoma?

Answer 3

benign epithelial renal tumour

Question 4

What are some subclasses of malignant renal tumours?

Answer 4

arising from tubular epithelium:
- renal cell carcinomas

arising from mesenchymal tissues:
- leiomyosarcoma

Question 5

What are the subtypes of renal cell carcinoma?

Answer 5

clear cell carcinoma
papillary carcinoma
chromophobe renal cell carcinoma

Question 6

What type of cancer can affect the renal pelvis?

Answer 6

urothelial carcinoma of the renal pelvis

Question 7

What types of neoplasms can affect the bladder?

Answer 7

urothelial tumours:
- inverted papilloma
- urothelial carcinomas
- urothelial carcinoma in situ

squamous cell carcinoma
adenocarcinoma
small cell carcinoma
sarcomas

Question 8

How do bladder neoplasms present?

Answer 8

painless haematuria
may have frequency, dysuria, urgency