KROK 1 2015 – Question 94 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
Autopsy of a 5-year-old child revealed in the area of vermis of cerebellum a soft greyish-pink node 2 cm in diameter with blurred margins and areas of haemorrhage. Histologically this tumour consisted of atypical monomorphous small round cells with large polymorphous nuclei. What tumour is it?
- A. Medulloblastoma
- B. Glioblastoma
- C. Astrocytoma
- D. Oligodendroglioma
- E. Meningioma
Hint
Weigh the child's age, the midline cerebellar site and the undifferentiated small-cell histology against where and in whom each brain tumour usually occurs.
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