KROK 1 2007 – Question 185 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
A 45 y.o. patient consulted a doctor about plaque-shaped formation on his neck. Histological examination of biopsy skin material revealed tumourous cells of round and oval form with thin ring of basophilic cytoplasma that resemble of cells of basal epidermal layer. What tumour is it?
- A. Epidermal cancer
- B. Trichoepithelioma
- C. Syringoadenoma
- D. Hydradenoma
- E. Basalioma
Hint
The tumour cells imitate the basal layer of the epidermis; think of the commonest slow-growing, locally invasive skin cancer that rarely metastasises.
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