Robbins and cotran pathologic basis of disease 9th edition by kumar test bank

Adenocarcinoma of the stomach ANS: A, Basal cell carcinomas of the skin, the most common malignant tumor in the human body, is a locally invasive malignant tumor, which, if untreated, c

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Disease 9th Edition by Kumar

Chapter 07: Neoplasia

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MULTIPLE CHOICE

1 Which of the following tumors occurs most often in the ovary?

2 Chondroma

3 Hemangioma

4 Leiomyoma

5 Transitional cell papilloma

6 Cystadenoma

ANS: E, Cystadenomas, which may contain serous fluid or mucin and are thus called serous or mucinous cystadenomas, are typically found in the ovary These benign tumors have malignant counterparts known as cystadenocarcinomas

2 Which one of the following carcinomas is locally invasive but rarely forms metastases in lymph nodes and distant sites?

A Basal cell carcinoma of the skin

B Squamous cell carcinoma of the skin

C Oat cell carcinoma of the lung

D Transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder

E Adenocarcinoma of the stomach

ANS: A, Basal cell carcinomas of the skin, the most common malignant tumor in the human body, is a locally invasive malignant tumor, which, if untreated, could

ultimately kill the host However, these tumors are usually diagnosed early and removed adequately, so that they almost never metastasize

3 Pseudomyxoma peritonei is a complication of which tumor?

A Serous cystadenoma of the ovary

B Mucinous cystadenoma of the ovary

C Ovarian fibroma

D Myxoma of the heart

E Myxosarcoma of the lower extremity

ANS: B, Pseudomyxoma of the ovary usually results from peritoneal seeding of mucin-secreting tumors of the ovary or the gastrointestinal tract, and most often the appendix Although the ovarian tumor is benign, the implants of the tumor cells seeding the peritoneal cavity can be difficult to eradicate The cells continue to secrete mucin and fill the abdominal cavity, colloquially known as “jelly-belly.”

4 Which mechanism affecting the genes or chromosomes accounts for the

activation of the c-myc protooncogene in Burkitt lymphoma cells?

A Overexpression

B Amplification

C Point mutation

D Translocation

E Inactivation of its promotor

ANS: D, Translocation of the c-myc protooncogene from its normal site on

chromosome 8 to chromosome 14 results in the formation of the myc oncogene and

plays a major role in the pathogenesis of Burkitt lymphoma

5 Homogeneous staining regions (HSR) of chromosome 2p, the site of the Nmyc

gene, are adverse prognostic signs if found in neuroblastoma cells HRS are evidence of gene

A deletion

B amplification

C point mutation

D translocation

E inversion

ANS: B, Homogeneous staining regions and double minutes are signs of gene

amplification Amplification of the N-myc oncogene in neuroblastoma cells is a poor

prognostic finding

6 In which cell function is BRCA1, a gene mutated in women with familial breast

carcinoma, involved?

A Cell adhesion

B Growth inhibition

C Signal transduction

D Cell surface channel

E Transcriptional regulation and DNA repair

ANS: E, BRCA1 and BRCA2 are tumor suppressor genes whose true function has not

been fully elucidated It is thought that they participate in the transcriptional

regulation and interact with proteins that regulate double-strand DNA repair

7 Germ line mutation of E-cadherin is found in familial cases of

A lymphoblastic lymphoma

B Ewing sarcoma

C neuroblastoma

D gastric carcinoma

E seminoma

ANS: D, E-cadherin is a cell-to-cell adhesion molecule that serves to hold many epithelial cells together This surface adhesion molecule is often lost in

adenocarcinomas, accounting for the invasive growth of these neoplasms Germ line mutation of the E-cadherin gene has been found in families with gastric carcinoma

8 Germ line mutation of the Von Hippel–Lindau (VHL) gene is associated with

formation of retinal angiomas and

A glioblastoma multiforme

B oligodendroglioma

C neurinomas

D ependymomas

E cerebellar hemangioblastomas

ANS: E, Von Hippel–Lindau syndrome was originally described as a syndrome

comprising angiomas of the retina and hemangioblastomas of the cerebellum It is

linked to the germ line mutation of the VHL tumor suppressor gene These patients

are at risk of developing renal cell carcinoma and pheochromocytomas Mutations

of the VHL gene also have been found in sporadic renal carcinomas unrelated to Von

Hippel–Lindau syndrome

9 Microsatellite instability, a marker of DNA mismatch repair, is typically found in

A hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer

B familial adenomatous polyposis coli

C T-cell lymphoma

D B-cell lymphoma

E myelogenous leukemia

ANS: A, Mutations of human DNA mismatch repair genes play a pathogenetic role in the development of colonic cancers in families with hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer (HNPCC) Due to the error in mismatch repair, the microsatellite sequences (normally fixed for life and the same in every tissue) expand They account for the microsatellite instability, a hallmark of all conditions with defective DNA mismatch repair

10 Matrix metalloproteinases secreted by tumor

cells are important for which feature of

malignant tumors?

A Desmoplasia

B Anaplasia

C Invasiveness

D Apoptosis

E Differentiation

ANS: C, Matrix metalloproteinases, such as type IV collagenase, are important for the invasive growth of tumor cells These enzymes degrade the basement membranes and the extracellular matrix, allowing the tumor cells to penetrate into the tissues, lymphatics, and blood vessels

11 Which enzymes in the liver account for the activation of most procarcinogens into carcinogens?

A Cytochrome P-450-dependent mono-oxidases

B Aminotransferases

C Hydroxylases

D Glutathione dehydrogenase

E Caspases

ANS: A, Most of the exogenous procarcinogens are activated into carcinogens in the liver through the action of microsomal cytochrome P-450–dependent monooxidases found in the smooth endoplasmic reticulum of hepatocytes Susceptibility to

carcinogens is in part determined by the polymorphism of genes that encode these enzymes

12 Which is the most common radiation-induced cancer in humans?

A Thyroid cancer

B Chronic lymphocytic leukemia

C Breast cancer

D Lung cancer

E Salivary gland carcinoma

ANS: B, Leukemias represent the most common radiation-induced cancer in

humans, closely followed by thyroid cancer, which is the most common malignancy

in young persons

13 Helicobacter pylori infection predisposes to formation of gastric tumors, but

the association between the bacterial infection and a gastric tumor is the strongest for

A adenocarcinoma of the stomach

B gastrointestinal stromal tumors

C marginal zone lymphomas

D T-cell lymphoma

E Burkitt lymphoma

ANS: C, The best and strongest evidence links Helicobacter pylori infection with the

onset of mucosa-associated B-cell lymphomas (MALTomas) of the stomach, which

are also known as marginal zone lymphomas It is thought that H pylori activates T

cells, which in turn promote polyclonal proliferation of B cells in the gastric mucosa

In this process, some cells obviously become malignant and give rise to T-cell

independent low-grade monoclonal lymphomas

14 Clubbing of the digits, periosteal new bone formation on the metatarsals,

metacarpals, and proximal phalanges, and arthritis of adjacent joints is a

paraneoplastic syndrome most often associated with carcinoma of the

A thyroid

B larynx

C bronchi

D liver

E stomach

ANS: C, Clubbing of the fingers and related bone and joint changes of the hand and fingers are signs of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy, which most often occurs in patients with bronchogenic carcinoma The pathogenesis of these changes is not known

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