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Autopsy of a 50-year-old male who had tuberculosis revealed a dense gray-white nidus in form of a nodule 2 cm in diameter in the subpleural portion of the upper right lobe. The pleura in this region was thickened, in the pleural cavity there was a small amount of serous hemorrhagic fluid. Histological study of the region revealed some glandular structures with signs of cellular atypia and abnormal mitoses, which were found within the fibrous connective tissue. What other pathology had developed

Answer options

  1. Adenoma
  2. Adenocarcinoma
  3. Fibroma
  4. Fibrosarcoma
  5. Squamous cell carcinoma
Correct answer

Adenocarcinoma

Explanation

Adenocarcinoma is the cancer of epithelial tissue that has a glandular origin, glandular characteristics, or both.

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