KROK 1 2012 – Question 16 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
Chronic inflammation and transformation of the one-layer ciliated epithelium into multiple-layers flat epithelium was revealed in the thickened mucous membrane of the bronchus bioptate of the patient with smoke abuse. Which of the processes is the most likely?
- A. Leucoplacia
- B. Squamous cancer
- C. Metaplasia
- D. Hyperplasia of the epithelium
- E. Epithelium hypertrophy
Hint
Ask what happens to the type of epithelium, as opposed to the number or size of its cells, when a mucosa is chronically irritated by smoke.
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