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Exam questionKROK 1Dentistry ยท 2017

On microscopic examination of a surgical biopsy material (part of the lip with an ulcer) near the ulcer margins and under the ulcer floor in the connective tissue of mucosa there are epithelial complexes composed of atypical stratified epithelium with pathological mitotic figures. Within these complexes there are accumulations of bright pink concentric formations. What pathology is it?

Answer options

  1. Squamous cell keratinous carcinoma
  2. Papilloma
  3. Squamous cell nonkeratinous carcinoma
  4. Basal cell carcinoma
  5. Transitional cell carcinoma
Correct answer

Squamous cell keratinous carcinoma

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