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Neoplasia I

  1. new growth
    neoplasia
  2. means swelling
    tumor
  3. synonym for neoplasm
    tumor
  4. synonym for malignant tumors
    cancer
  5. limited circumscribed tumors that do not metastasize other regions of the body
    benign tumor
  6. most benign tumor in the thyroid gland
    follicular adenoma
  7. Benign tumors are often designated by attaching the suffix
    “oma”
  8. benign tumor arising from fibrous tissue
    fibroma
  9. benign cartilaginous tumor is
    Chondroma
  10. tumor in fatty tissue
    lipoma
  11. tumor in bone
    osteoma
  12. Applied to a benign epithelial neoplasm derived from glands
    adenoma
  13. Benign epithelial tumors producing finger like or warty projections
    papilloma
  14. Forms large cystic masses such as in ovary
    cystadenoma
  15. Benign tumors are not lethal but there is an exception like:
    • meningioma
    • myxoma
  16. Benign intracranial tumor of the meninges
    meningioma
  17. Benign mesenchymal tumor of the left atrium
    myxoma
  18. ill defined tumors that invade surrounding tissue
    malignant tumor
  19. Malignant neoplasms of epithelial cell origin
    carcinoma
  20. Malignant non-epithelial mesenchymal tumor
    sarcoma
  21. All tumors have 2 basic components
    • Neoplastic cells
    • reactive stroma
  22. Non-solid tumors are proliferation of non-cohesive individual malignant cells such as in
    leukemia
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Neoplasia I
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