INDS 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Cancer, Endometrial Hyperplasia, Hamartoma

• School: McGill University
• Department: Interndisciplinary Studies
• Course: INDS 111
• Professor: Anne Andermann

Document Summary

Lesion = modification of tissue or organ secondary to injury or disease process, usually. Mass = lump = aggregation of quantity of solid tissue. Polyp = any lesion or mass of tissue protruding from normal surface level, usually in lumen. Papilla (usually microscopic term) = finger-like projection consisting of surface epithelium. Cancer = any malignant neoplasm, not bening. Oncology = 1) study of neoplasms, malignancies; 2) medical specialties treating patients. Non-neopathic growths: comes up in differential diagnosis of patients with lesions, can be caused by: of hollow organ resulting in impairment of normal function. Tumor = swelling also come to mean neoplasm over core of connective tissue villus. Malformations : hamartoma, choristoma (= ectopic tissue) with cancer. [repair, if excessive healing mass; like keloids that can form post surgery] [hypertrophy = increase in cell size; not cell number] Overgrowth of tissues normally present in an organ, in improper proportions and disorganized.