KROK 1 2010 – Question 146 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
A 50 year old patient underwent resection of tumour of large intestine wall. Microscopically it presents itself as fascicles of divergent collagen fibers of different thickness and form and some monomorphous fusiform cells that are irregularly distributed among the fibers. Cellular atypia is not evident. What tumour is it?
- A. Desmoma
- B. Fibromyoma
- C. Hard fibroma
- D. Soft fibroma
- E. Fibrosarcoma
Hint
Decide first whether the lack of atypia makes this tumour benign or malignant, then whether it is built of connective tissue alone or of mixed tissues.
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