NEET PG Medical – 2018 – Question – 48
Anaplasia is
a) Changing one type of epithelium to another
b) Nuclear chromatin
c) Lack of differentiation
d) Morphological changes
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Correct Answer – C
Answer: C – Lack of differentiation
Refers to a lack of differentiation in neoplastic cells.
Well-differentiated tumors resemble their tissue of origin.
Poorly-differentiated or undifferentiated (anaplastic) tumor cells appear primitive and lack specialization along any particular cell line.
