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The perihilar mass seen in the image above shows small cells with scant cytoplasm and finely granular chromatin. This aggressive tumor would be diagnosed as an adenocarcinoma.

All of the following are risk factors for renal cell carcinoma, except ________.

In this disorder, there is a striking expansion of hematopoietically active marrow. In the bones of the face and skull the burgeoning marrow erodes existing cortical bone and induces new bone formation, giving rise to a “crew-cut” appearance on x-ray.

Sally is grossing her first breast specimen as a PA rotating at Harper hospital.  She carefully inks the specimen and sections it.  She notes that the breast skin is remarkable for nodules, and the nipple is retracted.  The mass is 25mm in greatest dimension on the lower inner quadrant and appears to be invading the attached musculature.  Based on the overall presentation, the mass will likely be classified as ____ on the AJCC staging.

The black arrow in the image below is identifying which of the following structure(s)/landmark(s).

A neoplasm which has the presence of a chimeric BCR-ABL gene derived from chromosome 22 and chromosome 9 which is hypercellular and has sea-blue histiocytes is

Cystitis glandularis are common lesions of the urinary bladder in which nests of urothelium grow downward into the lamina propria to

Nephrotic syndrome is the derangement in glomerular capillary walls resulting in increased permeability to plasma proteins. The symptoms include all of the following, except _______. 

A form of anemia which creates small, dark-staining red cells lacking a central zone of pallor and is associated with cholelithiasis and splenomegaly is

A breast lesion which is commonly ER and PR positive, and HER2 negative presents in the above radiographic image. No calcifications are seen and biopsy shows a uniform population of cells with oval or round nuclei and small nucleoli involving ducts and lobules. Histologically, this type of carcinoma also has _______.