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Pathology | Nurse Practitioner (NP) School Study Aid
Wilms' Tumor (Nephroblastoma)
- Cause
- Malignant Renal Tumor
- Assessment
- Abdominal Mass
- Hematuria
- Fever
- Hypertension
- Interventions
- Nephrectomy
- Chemotherapy
- Radiation
- Considerations
- Do Not Palpate Abdomen
- Children Under 5 Years Old
2 mins
Pheochromocytoma
- Cause/Mechanism
- Adrenal Medulla Tumor
- Increased Catecholamines
- Assessment
- Episodic Hypertension
- Diaphoresis
- Abdominal or Chest Pain
- Interventions
- Surgery
- Antihypertensives
- Phenoxybenzamine
- Metyrosine (Demser)
- Considerations
- Do Not Palpate Abdomen
3 mins
Osteochondroma
- Characteristics
- Most Common Benign Bone Tumor
- Males Under 25
- Cartilage-capped Spurs
- Metaphysis of Long Bones
- Small Risk of Chondrosarcoma
- Clinical Features
- Painless Mass near Joint
- Painful if Growing or Malignant
- Workup
- X-Ray
- MRI if Concern for Malignancy or Functional Limitation
- Management
- Monitoring
- Surgery
3 mins
Renal Oncocytoma
- Characteristics
- Benign Epithelial Tumor
- Central Radial Scar
- Excessive Mitochondria
- Renal Cortex
- Clinical Features
- Hematuria
- Flank Pain
- Abdominal Mass
- Considerations
- Malignant Transformation
- Surgical Resection
2 mins
Wilms' Tumor Syndromes
- WAGR Complex
- Intellectual Disability (Mental Retardation)
- Aniridia (Absence of Iris)
- Genitourinary Malformations
- Denys-Drash Syndrome
- Diffuse Mesangial Sclerosis
- Gonadal Dysgenesis
- Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome
- Organomegaly
- Macroglossia
- Omphalocele
- Hemihyperplasia
2 mins
