KROK 1 Stomatology 2012 – Question 172 · KROK (Dentistry)
A patient who abuses smoking has chronic bronchitis. Biopsy of his primary bronchus revealed multilayer pavement epithelium. What pathological process was revealed in the bronchus?
- A. Physiological regeneration
- B. Dysplasia
- C. Reparative regeneration
- D. Metaplasia
- E. Hyperplasia
Hint
Compare the normal epithelium of a bronchus with the type found in the biopsy.
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