KROK 1 2008 – Question 101 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
A 45 year old man consulted a doctor about a plaque-like formation on his neck. Histological examination of a skin bioptate revealed clusters of round and oval tumour cells with a narrow border of basophilic cytoplasm resembling of cells of basal epidermal layer. What tumour is it?
- A. Epidermal cancer
- B. Hydroadenoma
- C. Syringoadenoma
- D. Trichoepithelioma
- E. Basal cell carcinoma
Hint
Compare the tumour cells with the cells of the deepest (germinative) layer of the epidermis, and ask whether the tumour arises from the surface epithelium or from skin appendages.
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