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adenoma

vr.tr.adenoma · PHY.LIV

Let an agent explain adenomas and their types and sites, relay general information on detection, monitoring and treatment from clinical guidelines, distinguish benign from malignant growths, and route personal medical questions to clinicians.

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Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent explain adenomas and their types and sites, relay general information on detection, monitoring and treatment from clinical guidelines, distinguish benign from malignant growths, and route personal medical questions to clinicians.

A benign tumour arising from glandular epithelium, forming in organs such as the colon, thyroid, pituitary, adrenal, liver, breast, salivary glands and ovary, with subtypes including tubular and villous adenomas of the colon, fibroadenomas of the breast, cystadenomas of the ovary and papillary adenomas; adenomas are usually harmless but some can cause hormone excess or progress to carcinoma, so they are monitored, removed or treated depending on type and site, under clinical guidelines.

What it is for: Benign glandular tumours.

It can be explain types and sites; relay general clinical information; distinguish benign and malignant; route personal questions.

Distinguishing features

Benign

Glandular origin

Site-specific behaviour

Potential for progression in some types

What it looks like

Growths in glandular tissue, seen on imaging, endoscopy or pathology.

How it is recognised

Benign glandular epithelial tumour

Many sites and subtypes

Adenocarcinoma is the malignant counterpart

Related models

is a kind of - category

benign neoplasm by histologic type

is related to - tissue of origin

epithelium

is related to - a malignant counterpart entry

liver cancer

is related to - another neoplasm entry

stomach cancer

In practice

Families and kinds

colorectal adenomas

thyroid, pituitary and adrenal adenomas

breast fibroadenomas

ovarian cystadenomas

liver, salivary and other adenomas

Standards and regulation

Histopathological classification systems

Screening and surveillance guidelines

Clinical practice guidelines by site

Failure modes and hazards

Agents giving personal diagnostic or treatment advice

Confusing adenoma with adenocarcinoma

Outdated guidelines

Also called

papillary cystadenomapapillary serous cystadenomabreast fibroadenomabreast adenomapapillary adenomafallopian tube adenomatoid tumorcecum adenomathyroid adenomaadrenal adenomahepatocellular adenomatoxic thyroid adenomanon-functioning adrenal cortex adenomaperiampullary adenomauterine corpus adenomatoid tumorminor vestibular glands adenomaWolffian duct adenomaintracystic papillary adenomagastrointestinal adenomaBartholin's gland adenomamixed cell adenomalung adenomaclear cell adenomalipoadenomawater-clear cell adenomavaginal adenomaurethral villous adenomaepididymis adenomatoid tumortrabecular adenomaatypical adenomacystadenomanephrogenic adenomaparathyroid adenomapulmonary adenomatosisadenoma of pancreasbronchial adenomaTubulovillous adenomapituitary adenomaislet-cell adenomabreast pericanalicular fibroadenomabreast intracanalicular fibroadenoma

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What adenomas are.

General information.

Types

Types and sites.

Types

Types.

  1. What are adenomas, at which sites do they occur, and how do subtypes differ? definition
  2. Is the user asking about their own result, which needs a clinician? boundary

Behaviour

Behaviour.

Behaviour

Behaviour.

  1. Why are adenomas benign, and which types can cause hormone excess or progress to cancer, according to guidelines? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific site? action
Care Detection and care.

Guidelines.

Detect

Detection and screening.

Detect

Detection.

  1. How are adenomas found through screening, imaging and biopsy, according to guidelines? provenance
  2. Which entry fits screening programmes? action

Treat

Monitoring and treatment.

Treat

Treatment.

  1. How are adenomas monitored, removed or treated in general terms? provenance
  2. Is urgent care needed now? boundary
Science Biology and research.

Science.

Biology

Biology.

Biology

Biology.

  1. How do adenomas develop, and what is the adenoma to carcinoma sequence? provenance
  2. Which entry fits cancer biology? action

Research

Research.

Research

Research.

  1. What research is under way on adenoma detection and prevention? provenance
  2. Which findings are uncertain? boundary
Learn Terminology and teaching.

Education.

Terms

Terminology.

Terms

Terminology.

  1. How are adenomas named and classified in pathology reports? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Teach

Teaching.

Teach

Teaching.

  1. How can benign and malignant tumours be taught? action
  2. Which misconceptions arise? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each site be a separate entry?
  • How should guidelines be linked?
  • How should screening programmes be linked?
Draft as JSON