Dysplasia is always reversible?

[Charleybacktoreality]

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[Northerncardinal]

depends on the degree of dysplasia i think. According to pathoma, it is reversible.

 

[Charleybacktoreality]

depends on the degree of dysplasia i think. According to pathoma, it is reversible.

yea i think that way too but yea pathoma said it is always reversible, hmm

 

[Saxappeal1]

Yeah I thought the definition of dysplasia was abnormal cellular changes that are reversible, and that makes it different from carcinoma, right?

 

[Charleybacktoreality]

Yeah I thought the definition of dysplasia was abnormal cellular changes that are reversible, and that makes it different from carcinoma, right?

yea that's what pathoma says

 

[it'sabeautifullife]

+1 trusting Dr. Sattar ~ "Dysplasia is reversible, in theory, with alleviation of inciting stress. If stress persists, dysplasia progresses to carcinoma (irreversible)."

 

[Phloston]

Rule in medicine/real life is 'always' never really equals always.

But in Step 1 land, yes, dysplasia is always reversible. That's a point students frequently get wrong. Only once you get to neoplasia is it irreversible.