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ASCP EXAM 3 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
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ASCP EXAM 3 QUESTIONS ANDANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
In areas of chronic irritation, the non-keratinized mucosa of the oral cavity often becomes: - ANSWER
Keratinized
Anucleated squamous cells are seen cytologically most often in smears from which one of the following
sites in the oral cavity? - ANSWER Hard palate
The most common primary malignancy of the esophagus is: - ANSWER Squamous cell carcinoma
One factor associated with a higher incidence of primary liver cancer is: - ANSWER Alcohol abuse
The cells in pleural fluids of low specific gravity are most likely to be: - ANSWER Benign mesothelial cells
The body cavities are normally lined by: - ANSWER A single layer of flattened epithelium
Which of the following inflammatory cells predominate in effusions of long standing? - ANSWER
Lymphocytes
Which of the following organisms is most commonly found in cerebrospinal fluid? - ANSWER
Cryptococcus neoformans
Air in the pleural cavity is called: - ANSWER Pneumothorax
Large cells with abundant, dense, eosinophillic cytoplasm and round, regular, dark nuclei found in a
breast FNA are characteristic of: - ANSWER Apocrine metaplasia
A breast cyst aspirate reveals an isolated cell population with:
-round to oval nuclei
-distinct cytoplasmic borders
, -abundant cytoplasm with fine vacuolization - ANSWER Fibrocystic change
A fine needle aspiration of an enlarged breast in a 47 yr old man revealed numerous ductal cells.
Interpretation is: - ANSWER Gynecomastia
The lobules and acini of the breast are lined by: - ANSWER Secretory columnar epithelium
An atrophic squamous epithelium is one in which: - ANSWER Epithelial thickness is reduced
Metastasis of which of the following malignancies would be most responsible for a pathologic fracture of
a bone? - ANSWER Adenocarcinoma of the breast
Tadpole shaped cells with spirals of Herxheimer are most commonly associated with: - ANSWER Invasive
squamous cell carcinoma
What is characteristic of a benign tumor than a malignant tumor? - ANSWER Encapsulated
Increase in the size of an organ due to an increase in the size of the constituent cells is called: - ANSWER
Hypertrophy
Malignant cells which closely resemble the tissue of origin are termed: - ANSWER Differentiated
The functional differentiation of cancer cells is reflected in their: - ANSWER Cytoplasm
Tumors which originate in squamous epithelium include: - ANSWER Papilloma
A fine needle aspiration of the pancreas revealed:
-sheets of cells
-small uniform nuclei
-acinar arrangement
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