Study of the following:
A. The cells of malignant tumours divide erratically.
B. They are malignant tumours of epithelial cells.
C. They are malignant tumours of organs that originate from mesoderm.
D. These tumours are found in organs such as spleen and lymph nodes.
Which of the above are true for angiosarcoma?

Options

A. I and II
B. II and IV
C. I and III
D. II and III

Answer

C

Explanation

Tumour that spreaad and ever cause ill health and death are described as malignant and result from a breaskdown of he regulatory mechanisms that govern normal cell behaviour.
Angiosarcoma is a cancer of primitive mesoderm tissue and involves malignant tumours, the cells of which divide erratically, commonly occuring in skin, breast, liver, spleen and deep tissue.