KROK 1 2007 – Question 91 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
6 months after delivery a woman had uterine bleeding. Gynecological examination revealed in the uterine cavity a dark-red tissue with multiple cavities that resembled of "sponge". Microscopic examination of the tumour revealed some atypic light epithelial Langhans cells and giant cells of syncytiotrophoblast in blood lacunas. What tumour is it?
- A. Adenocarcinoma
- B. Vesicular mole
- C. Fibromyoma
- D. Chorioepithelioma
- E. Squamous cell nonkeratinous carcinoma
Hint
Identify which tissue of the pregnancy Langhans cells and syncytiotrophoblast belong to, and note that the description mentions only these cells, with no villi.
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