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chart
from my pathology chart book part1 will be publish by Cambridge UK
CYTOLOGIC FEATURES OF MALIGNANCIES
1/ CELL
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BENIGN
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MALIGNANT
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CELL ARRANGEMENT IN GROUPS
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UNIFORM
REGULAR SPACING
COHESIVEVEL ROUNDED GROUPS
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Nuclei oriented in different directions
Irregularly spaced
Molding of nuclei
Loss of cohesiveness
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CELL UNIFORMITY IN GROUP
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BENIGN TISSUE
UNIFORM
REACTIVE STATES
NUCLEAR SIZE MAY VARY BUT NOT AS IN MALIGNANCY
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Pleomorphism
[variation of size - size - numbers of nuclei]
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NUCLEAR [CYTOPLASMIC RATIO [N:C]
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May be increased in reactive conditions
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Usually increased
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NUCLEAR SIZE
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Size increased and variable in reactive conditions.
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Increased +++
Variable than in reactive conditions
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2/ CHROMATIN
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BENIGN
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MALIGNANT
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HYPERCHROMASIA
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BLAND
NOT HYPERCHROMATIC
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HYPERCHROMATIC
[INCREASED CHROMOSOME NUMBER]
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DISTRIBUTION
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EVEN
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IRREGULAR CLUMPING
IRREGULAR AREAS OF CLEARING
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3/ NUCLEOLI:
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BENIGN
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MALIGNANT
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SIZE
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SMALL OR NOT VISIBLE NORMALLY
PROMINENT IN REACTIVE ATYPIA
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OFTEN PROMINANT
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SHAPE
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ROUND
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ROUND OR IRREGULAR
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NUMBERS
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REACTIVE CELLS SEVERAL
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NUMEROUS
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4/ NUCLEAR MEMBRANES
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BENIGN
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MALIGNANT
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CONTOUR
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SMOOTH
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IRREGULAR
ANGULAR BITES
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THICKNESS
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REGULAR
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MANIFESTATION OF IRREGULAR CHROMATINE CLUMPING ON OR NEAR THE NUCLEAR MEMBRANE.
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5/ MITOSES
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BENIGN
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MALIGNANT
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NUMBER
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SEEN IN NORMAL CELLS
GREATER NUMBER IN REACTIVE CELLS
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MITOTIC RATE MAY BE LOW OR HIGH
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MORPHOLOGY
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NORMAL
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ABNORMAL MITOSES [QUADRIPOLAR OR DISPERSED]
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*** Nuclear features are more important in cytology than architecture. Providing the diagnostic of malignancy.
*** Cytoplasm and architecture features provide information on differentiation.
MALIGNANCY FEATURES:
INVASION OF THE UNDERLYING OR SURROUNDING TISSUE [ GOING BEYONG THE BASEMENT MEMBRANE]
STROMA CHANGES = DESMOPLASIA = IS A RESPONSE TO INVASION OF TISSUE BY MALIGNANT TUMOR CELLS.
LOSS OF NORMAL STRUCTURE.
NEW STRUCTURES:
EX: CRIBRIFORM GLAND STRUCTURE [ COLON, ENDOMETRIUM CANCERS]
PAPILLARY STRUCTURES [THYROID, BLADDER CANCERS].
SARCOMAS è HERRINGBONE ARRANGEMENT.
NECROSIS
ANGIOGENESIS
INFLAMMATION
IRREGULAR BORDERS
METASTASIS
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THE NEOPLASMS VOCABULARY
ORIGIN
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TISSUE TYPE
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BENIGN
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MALIGNANT
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I/ EPITHELIUM
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STRATIFIED SQUAMOUS
BASAL CELL OF THE SKIN
EPITHELIAL LINING FROM GLANDS OR DUCTS
HEPATOCYTES
MELANOCYTES
RENAL
URINARY EPITHELIUM [TRANSITIONAL]
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SQUAMOUS CELL PAPILLOMA
ADENOMA [COLON]
HEPATOCELLULAR ADENOMA
NEVUS
RENAL CELL ADENOMA
TRANSITIONAL CELL PAPILLOMA
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SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA
BASAL CELL CARCINOMA
ADENOCARCINOMA
HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA [HEPATOMA]
MELANOMA
RENAL CELL CARCINOMA
TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA
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II/MESENCHYMAL ORIGIN
CONNECTIVE TISSUE
HEMATOPOEITIC
MUSCLE
VASCULAR
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BONE
CARTILAGE
FIBROBLAST
ERYTHROID
MYELOID
LYMPHOID
SMOOTH MUSCLE
STRIATED [SKELETTAL MUSCLE]
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OSTEOMA
CHONDROMA
FIBROMA
LEIOMYOMA
RHABDOMYOMA
HEMANGIOMA
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OSTEOSARCOMA
CHONDROSARCOMA
FIBROSARCOMA
ERYTHROID LEUKEMIA
MYELOGENOUS LEUKEMIA
LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA
MALIGNANT LYMPHOMA
LEIOMYOSARCOMA
RHABDOMYOSARCOMA
HEMANGIOSARCOMA
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III/ORIGIN FROM A SINGLE GERM LAYER WITH MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DIFFERENTIATION
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RENAL
[PROMITIVE MESODERMAL TISSUE]
SALIVARY GLANDS
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PLEOMORPHISM ADENOMA [MIXED TUMOR OF SALIVARY GLAND]
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WILMS'S TUMOR
MALIGNANT MIXED TUMOR OF SALIVARY GLAND
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IV/ ORIGIN FROM MORE THAN ONE GERM LAYER
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GERM CELLS OF GONADS
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TERATOMA
[DERMOID CYST OR TERATOMA]
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TERATOCARCINOMA
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THE IMPORTANCE OF TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION
SITE OF ORIGIN IN METASTATIC DISEASE: BIOPSY LYMPH NODES IF SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA=è TISSUES WITH SQUAMOUS DIFFERENTIATION ARE IMPLICATEDè EXAMINATION OF : LUNGS, UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT, THE GYNECOLOGICAL TRACT, SKIN.
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BENIGN VERSUS MALIGNANT TUMORS:
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BENIGN
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MALIGNANT
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DIFFERENTIATION
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Differentiated
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Loss of differentiation
Architectural
Cytoplasmically
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GROWTH RATE
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Slow
May cease to grow
Mitotic figure rare and normal
EXPENDING, DISPLACING
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Slow to rapid
Mitotic figures numerous and abnormal
[disorganized or quadripolar]
INFILTRATING
INVASIVE
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INVASIVENESS
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Well circumscribed mass without invasion of surrounding tissues.
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Locally invasive
[sometimes well circumscribed]
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METASTASIS
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no
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Often
Risk higher the larger and less well-differentiated the primary
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SEX
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NO SIGNIFICANT
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NOT SIGNIFICANT
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AGE
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CHIEFLY IN YOUNG POEPLE
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CHIEFLY IN OLDER PERSONS
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LOCATION OF TUMOR
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ALL ORGANS
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ALL ORGANS
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CLINICAL SYMPTOMS
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RATHER SLIGHT
NON SPECIFIC
EXCEPTION: ENDOCRINE TUMORS
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MARKED
OFTEN DETECTED FIRST IN ADVANCED STAGES
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DURATION OF ILLNESS
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LONG [YEARS OR DECADES]
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RATHER SHORT [MONTHS]
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SPECIFIC CELL FUNCTION
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CHEFLY NORMAL
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MOSTLY LACKING
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RECURRENCE
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CAN OCCUR
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COMMON
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ORGAN CHANGES
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PRESSURE ATROPHY
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DESTRUCTION
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TUMOR CAPSULE
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PRESENT
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ABSCENTE
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CONSISTENCY
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VARIABLE
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MOSTLY SOFT
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CUT SURFACE
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UNIFORM
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RED HEMMORHAGE
YELLOW NECROSIS
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TISSUE TYPE [resembles parent tissue]
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HOMOLOGUS
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HETEROLOGUS
IMMATURE
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CELLULARITY
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OFTEN POORLY CELLULAR
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RICHLY CELLULAR
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CELL SIZE AND SHAPE
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REGULAR
ISOMORPHUS
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IRREGULAR
POLYMORPHOUS
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CELL ATYPIA
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LACKING
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COMMON
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MITOSES [NUMBER AND TYPE]
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RARE
TYPICAL
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COMMON
ATYPICAL
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CHROMATIN
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REGULAR DIVISION
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IRREGULAR
PARLY DENSE
PARTLY VESICULAR
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CHROMOSOMES [DNA CONTENT]
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EUPLOID
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CHIEFLY ANEUPLOID WITH CHROMOSOMAL ABERRATIONS
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NUCLEOLUS
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SIMMILAR TO PARENTS CELLS
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DISTINTLY LARGE
OFTEN PROMINENT
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NUCLEUS/CYTOPLASM RATIO
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NORMAL
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DISPLACEMENT IN FAVOR OF NUCLEUS
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CYTOPLASMIC STAINING
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NORMAL
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OFTEN ONCREASED BY DNA
SLIGHTLY BASOPHILIC
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ENZYME CONTENT OF CELLS
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NORMAL
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OFTEN DEFICIENT
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Neoplasm composition:
Neoplastic cells
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TUMOR TYPE WITH THEIR VARIANCES
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stroma
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Tumors induce : expension of stroma = DESMOPLASIA
HYPERPLASIA OF FIBROBLASTS
ABUNDANT COLLAGENOUS STROMA
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vessels
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Tumor induce: greater numbers of vessels = ANGIOGENESIS
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DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED RISK OF NEOPLASIA:
NONNEOPLASTIC OR PRENEOPLASTIC CONDITION
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NEOPLASM
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Down syndrome [trisomy 21]
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Acute leukemia [lymphoblastic and myelogenous]
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Xeroderma pigmentosum [plus sun exposure]
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skin cancers
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Gastric atrophy [pernicious anemia]
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adenocarcinoma
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Tuberous sclerosis
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hamartomas
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Café au lait skin patches
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neurofibromatosis (nerve tumors, pheochromocytoma]
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Actinic dermatitis [sunlight]
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Basal squamous cell carcinoma
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Glandular metaplasia of esophagus
[Barret's esophagus]
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adenocarcinoma
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Dysphagia associated with anemia
[Plummer- Vinson Syndrome]
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Postcricoid carcinoma
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Li-Fraumeni syndrome
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cancer-family syndrome, breast cancer and sarcomas
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Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome
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pheochromocytoma,
renal cell carcinoma,
cerebellar hemangioblastoma,
retinal angiomas,
pancreatic cysts and islet cell adenomas
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Cirrhosis
[alcoholic, Hepatitis B]
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hepatocarcinoma
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Neoplasm composition:
Neoplastic cells
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TUMOR TYPE WITH THEIR VARIANCES
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stroma
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Tumors induce : expension of stroma = DESMOPLASIA
HYPERPLASIA OF FIBROBLASTS
ABUNDANT COLLAGENOUS STROMA
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vessels
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Tumor induce: greater numbers of vessels = ANGIOGENESIS
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 NEOPLASIA DEFINITION
BENIGN NEOPLASM
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NEOPLASM GROWING WITHOUT INVASION OF THE ADJACENT TISSUE OR SPREAD LOCALY OR TO DISTANT SITES FROM THE ORIGIN.
WELL CIRCUMSCRIBED.
WELL ENCAPSULATED.
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MALIGNANT NEOPLASM
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NEOPLASMS THAT GROWTH ,INVADING, DESTROY, SPREAD LOCALY REGIONALLY AND AT DISTANCE
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DIFFERENTIATION
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THE TISSUE TYPE REPRESENTED BY THE TUMOR.
WELL DIFFERENTIATED: TUMOR RESEMBLE THE TISSUE OF ORIGIN
POORLY DIFFERENTIATED: DOES NO LONGER RESEMBLE OF HIS ORIGINATE TISSUE. IDENTIFIABLE BY :
***EXPRESSION OF CELL MARKERS
***BY EXTREMELY FOCAL AND SUBTITLE HISTOLOGIC AND / OR CYTOLOGIC FINDING.
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ANAPLASIA
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LOSS OF DIFFERENTIATION
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DYSPLASIA
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ATYPICAL PROLIFERATION OF CELLS.
NUCLEAR ENLARGEMENT
FAILURE OF MATURATION AND DIFFERENTIATION.
AS THE DYSPLASIA PROGRESSES, THE NUCLEI OF CELLS BECOME MORE HYPERCHROMATIC AND THE NUCLEAR MEMBRANES BECOME MORE IRREGULAR.
MAY REGRESS, PERSIST, PROGRESS.
THE MORE ADVANCED THE DYSPLASIA, THE LESS LIKELY REGRESSION WILL OCCUR.
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REACTIVE ATYPIA
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ABNORMAL CELLULAR APPEARANCE
INCREASE MITOTIC RATE
ASSOCIATED WITH REPARATIVE STATE DUE TO ENVORONMENTAL INFLUENCES [INFLAMMATION]
ONCE THE ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCE STOP, ATYPIA DISAPEARS.
REACTIVE ATYPIA ARE NON NEOPLASTIC.
INVOLVEMENT : -ENLARGEMENT CYTOPLASM AND NUCLEUS
- INCREASED PROMINENCE OF NUCLEOLI
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CARCINOMA IN SITU
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BEGINNING MALIGNANT TUMOR [DYSPLASIA] THAT DOES NOT GROW ABOVE THE BASEMENT MEMBRANE
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INVASION
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GROWTH INTO THE SURROUNDING TISSUE BY DIRECT EXPENSION.
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METASTASIS
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SPREAD OF TUMOR TO DISTANT SITES BY:
DIRECT SPREADING CONTACT TO CONTACT,
IN BODY CAVITIES [SEEDING] PLEURA, PERITONEUM, PERICARDIUM]
HEMATOGENOUS
LYMPHATIC ROUTES
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PRIMARY TUMOR
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TUMOR AT THE ORIGIN SITE
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