A 40 year old woman has meloblastoma, the histomorphologic features will be:___________?
Correct answer: A. Peripheral palisading cellular strand with central loose stellate reticulum
- A. Peripheral palisading cellular strand with central loose stellate reticulum
- B. Peripheral palisading with central stromal retraction artefact
- C. Peripheral palisading cellular strand with peripheral loose stellate reticulum
- D. Central loose stellate reticulum shows marked nuclear atypia and numerous mitotic
Explanation
Conventional ameloblastoma shows peripheral palisading of columnar or cuboidal cells with a central stellate-reticulum-like area. Stromal retraction is instead a characteristic clue of basal cell carcinoma, making option b a trap.
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