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8 Cards in this Set
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Most common soft tissue tumour in an adult?
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malignant fibrous histosarcoma
50% five year survival |
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What is a dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans
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7-15% of soft tissue sarcomas
elevated, firm , solitary painless mass in scalp/neck metastases uncommon good outcome after local excision with clear margins |
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Angiosarcoma
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>1/2 ulcerating
nodular diffuse dermal lesion on scalp and face elderly white males chronic lymphoedema is a risk factor, postradiotherapy, toxic exposures |
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Most common paediatric soft tissue sarcoma?
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rhabdomyosarcoma
50% surviive |
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Where do cancers from the aeridogestive tract mmetastasize to?
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Upper 2/3 of the neck
mets feel "matted" |
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Which cancers metastasize to nodes in the lower 1/3 of the neck?
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skin, thyroid
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Where do cutaneous SCC's from the "t-zone" of the face metastasize to?
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preauricularm parotid lymph node
If involves the facial nerve- very bad prognosis |
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Indications for surgical remvoval of a lipoma?
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painful- suggests an angiolipoma (histologically a mix of fat and blood vessels)
enlarging abnormal- concern of sarcoma (>5cm in max diameter, deep to deep fascia- more likely to be malig) |
