KROK 1 2012 – Question 133 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
A 45 year old man consulted a doctor about a plaque-like formation on his neck. Histological examination of a skin bioptate revealed clusters of round and oval tumour cells with a narrow border of basophilic cytoplasm resembling of cells of basal epidermal layer. What tumour is it?
- A. Trichoepithelioma
- B. Hydroadenoma
- C. Syringoadenoma
- D. Epidermal cancer
- E. Basal cell carcinoma
Hint
Compare the tumour cells with the normal epidermal layer they resemble, then think which skin tumour is built from that cell type.
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