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BOARDSpathology
Tumors
| Bone Tumor | Info |
|---|---|
| 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 |