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133. Intracranial neoplasms?
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a. ADH->SIADH.
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134. Paraneoplastic effects of Squamous cell lung carcinoma?
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a. PTH-related peptide
b. TGF-β c. TNF d. Il-1 e. Causes Hypercalcemia |
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135. Paraneoplastic effects of Renal cell carcinoma, hemangioblastoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, and pheochromocytoma”?
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a. Erythropoietin.
b. Causes polycythemia. |
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136. Paraneoplastic effects of Thymoma and small cell lung carcinoma?
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a. Antibodies against presynaptic Ca2+ channels at neuromuscular junctions.
b. Causes Lambert-Eaton syndrome (muscle weakness). |
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137. Paraneoplastic effects of Leukemias and lymphomas?
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a. Hyperuricemia due to excess nucleic acid turnover (i.e. cytotoxic therapy).
b. Causes Gout, urate nephropathy. |
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138. What are Psammoma bodies?
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a. Laminated, concentric, calcific spherules.
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139. What 4 conditions are Psammoma bodies seen in?
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1. Papillary adenocarcinoma of thyroid
2. Serous papillary cystadenocarcinoma of ovary 3. Meningioma 4. Malignant mesothelioma. b. “PSaMMoma = Papillary, Serous (ovary), Meningioma, Mesothelioma. |
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140. 3 most common cancers in men in descending order?
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1. Prostate- second deadliest.
2. Lung- Deadliest 3. Colon and rectum |
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141. 3 most common cancers in women in descending order?
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1. Breast- Second deadliest
2. Lung- Deadliest 3. Colon and rectum b. Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the US after heart disease (for m and fm). |
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142. 1º tumours that met to brain?
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1. Lung
2. Breast 3. Skin (melanoma) 4. Kidney (renal cell carcinoma) 5. GI b. Overall 50% of brain tumours are from mets. c. “Lots of Bad Stuff Kills Glia” |
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143. Characteristics of brain mets?
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a. Typically multiple, well-circumscribed tumours at grey-white matter junction.
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144. 2 most common sites for mets after regional lymph nodes?
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a. Liver and lung.
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145. Tumours that met to Liver in decreasing order of frequency?
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1. Colon
2. Stomach 3. Pancreas 4. Breast 5. Lung b. “Cancer Sometimes Penetrates Benign Liver”. |
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146. Primary Tumours that Met to bone?
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1. Prostate (blastic)
2. Thyroid 3. Testes 4. Breast (lytic and blastic) 5. Lung (lytic) 6. Kidney b. “P.T.T. Barnum loves Kids. c. Mets from breast and prostate are most common. d. Metastatic bone tumours are far more common than 1º bone tumours. |
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147. Complete
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147. Complete
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