KROK 1 2008 – Question 55 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
6 months after labour a woman had uterine hemorrhage. Gynaecological examination of uterine cavity revealed a dark-red tissue with multiple cavities resembling of a "sponge". Microscopic examination of a tumour revealed in blood lacunas atypic light epithelial Langhans cells and giant cells of syncytiotrophoblast. What tumour is it?
- A. Fibromyoma
- B. Cystic mole
- C. Chorioepithelioma
- D. Adenocarcinoma
- E. Squamous cell nonkeratinous carcinoma
Hint
Consider a highly malignant uterine tumour that can follow childbirth, built from two kinds of trophoblast cells, lacking chorionic villi and full of blood-filled spaces.
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