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BOARDSpathology
Tumors
Bone Tumor | Info |
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benign | end in "oma" |
benign | encapsulated |
Malignant | end in "carcinoma" if epithelial tissue orgin or "sarcoma" if CT tissue |
"M O C E" | most common bone tumors - Multiple Myeloma, Osteosarcoma, Chondrosarcoma, Ewing's Saroma |
Adenocarcinoma | common malignant tumor of the large intestine |
Adenoma | tumor of glandular tissue |
Chondroblastoma | benign, rare, young, destroys bone |
Chondrosarcoma | most common in pelvis |
Chonrdoma | found sacrum or occiput |
Enchondroma | most common benign tumor of the hand |
Ewing's | 5-20 years old, diaphysis, primary malignancy |
Giant cell | benign, epiphyseal, lytic, tendency to recur, knee |
glioblastoma | malignant tumor of astrocytes |
hyperparathyroidism | rugger jersey spine |
krukenberg's tumor | carcinoma of the ovary, metastasized from GI |
Leiomyosarcoma | benign tumor of smooth muscle |
Leiomyosarcoma | malignant tumor of smooth muscle |
medulloblastoma | tumor of the cerebellum |
Multiple Myeloma | reversed A/G ratio, electophoresis, M-spike, lytic, diaphyseal |
Myxoma | primary tumor of the heart |
Neurofibromatosis | Cafe au lait spots |
Osteogenesis Imperfecta | brittle bone & blue sclera |
Osteoid Osteoma | noctural pain relieved by asprin |
Osteopetrosis | sandwich vertebra |
Osteosarcoma | sunburst periosteal rxn, most common knee or pelvis |
pheochromocytoma | adrenal medulla & sympathetics |
Rhabdomyoma | benign tumor of skeletal muscle |
Rhabodomyosarcoma | malignant tumor of skeletal muscle / striated muscle |
Seminoma | tumor of the testes |
Squamous cell carcinoma | primary cause is from cigarette smoking |
Teratoma | tumor of all three germainal layers |
Wilms tumor | malignant mixed tumor of kidney in childern |