KROK 1 Stomatology 2012 – Question 62 · KROK (Dentistry)
A 57-year-old patient experiences periodical uterine haemorrhages. Diagnostic biopsy of lining of uterus has revealed among the blood elements some glandular complexes of different forms and sizes made by atypic cells having hyperchromic nuclei with multiple mitoses (including pathological ones). What is the most likely diagnosis?
- A. Chorioepithelioma
- B. Adenocarcinoma
- C. Glandular endometrium hyperplasia
- D. Endometritis
- E. Uterus fibromyoma
Hint
Focus on the cytological features — atypia, hyperchromatic nuclei and pathological mitoses — in glandular structures of the endometrium in an older woman.
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