KROK 1 2010 – Question 148 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
Autopsy of a 5 year old child revealed in the area of vermis of cerebellum a soft greyish-pink node 2 cm in diameter with areas of haemorrhage. Histologically this tumour consisted of atypical monomorphous small roundish cells with big polymorphous nuclei. What tumour is it?
- A. Oligodendroglioma
- B. Astrocytoma
- C. Glioblastoma
- D. Meningioma
- E. Medulloblastoma
Hint
Combine the child's age, the midline cerebellar site and the primitive small round cell morphology with marked atypia to decide which type of CNS tumour this is.
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