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| What is the most common primary cardiac tumor in adults? What and where is it? |
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Myxomas
Usually in the left atrium and causes a "ball-valve" obstruction |
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| What is the most common primary cardiac tumor in children? What is it associated with? |
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Rhabdomyomas
Associated with tuberous sclerosis |
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Definition
| increased jugular venous pressure on inspiration due to a cardiac tumor |
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| What is the most common cardiac tumor? |
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Definition
| Mets from melanoma or lymphoma |
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| What is a strawberry hemangioma? |
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Definition
| benign capillary hemangioma of infancy, grows rapidly and then regresses by 8 years old |
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| What is a cherry hemangioma? |
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Definition
| Benign capillary hemangioma in the elderly. Does not regress. More with age. |
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| What is a pyogenic granuloma? |
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Definition
capillary hemangioma that can ulcerate and bleed
assoc. with trauma and pregnancy |
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| What is a cystic hygroma? |
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Definition
cavernous lymphangioma of the neck
assoc. with Turner syndrome |
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Definition
| A benign, painful, red-blue tumor under fingernails. Arises from modified smooth muscle cells of glomus body (temperature regulating capillary network) |
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| What is bacillary angiomatosis? |
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Definition
| Benign capillary skin papules found in AIDS patients. Caused by Bartonella henselae infections. |
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What is Angiosarcoma?
What's it associated with? (3) |
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Definition
Lethal malignancy of liver
Assoc. with vinyl chloride, arsenic, and ThO2 (Thorostrast) exposure |
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| What is lymphangiosarcoma? |
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Definition
| lymphatic malignancy associated with persistent lymphedema (post-radical mastectomy) |
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| What is Kaposi's sarcoma? |
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Definition
| Endothelial malignancy of skin associated with HHV-8 and HIV. |
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