KROK 1 2017 – Question 21 · 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. Angiofibroma
- B. Papilloma
- C. Polyp
- D. Angioma
- E. Fibroma
Hint
Weigh what the surface epithelium and the connective-tissue core look like, and whether any cellular atypia is present, to decide the tissue of origin and the behaviour of this growth.
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