KROK 1 2013 – Question 115 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
Autopsy of a 62-year-old woman revealed a dense well-circumscribed node of 6 cm in diameter in the cranial cavity. The node was attached to the dura mater and histologically consisted of clusters and micro-concentric structures of endothelial cells, psammoma bodies. What kind of tumor was found at autopsy?
- A. Cancer metastasis
- B. Meningioma
- C. Medulloblastoma
- D. Glioblastoma
- E. Melanoma
Hint
Combine the dural attachment, the slow expansile growth of a well-circumscribed node, and the whorled cell clusters with concentric calcified bodies, and decide which tumour has this classic histological hallmark.
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