KROK 1 2014 – Question 7 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
A patient has hoarseness of voice. During laryngoscopy a gray-white larynx tumor with papillary surface has been detected. Microscopic investigation has shown the following: growth of connective tissue covered with multilayer, strongly keratinized pavement epithelium, no cellular atypia. What is the most likely diagnosis?
- A. Fibroma
- B. Angiofibroma
- C. Angioma
- D. Polyp
- E. Papilloma
Hint
Combine the tissue that covers the growth over its connective-tissue core with the absence of cellular atypia to decide the tumour's histogenesis and behaviour.
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