Cutaneous Malignancies
- Previous year questions on Cutaneous Malignancies for NEET PG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test - Postgraduate), from the Surgery section of the exam.
- Most questions here come from previous-year papers of Indian postgraduate medical entrance and licensing exams; where a paper and year are recorded the question carries them. The image-based questions are original vignettes written around an openly licensed figure, and were never asked in any exam.
- 34 live questions in Cutaneous Malignancies.
- 3 of 34 questions carry a verified exam year: 2018, 2020.
- Surgery is worth about 25 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
- Question set last updated 6 Sept 2026.
Q1.Marjolin's ulcer is:
- ARapidly growing neoplasm
- BBasal cell carcinoma
- CSquamous cell carcinoma✓ Correct answer
- DAdenocarcinoma
Q2.Elderly man with a long standing mole over the face which is increasing in size and showing irregular borders Diagnosis
- ALentigo maligna✓ Correct answer
- BSuperficial spreading melanoma
- CAcral melanoma
- DNodular melanoma
Q3.Elderly man with long-standing mole over the face which is increasing in size and showing irregular border. Diagnosis:
- ASuperficial spreading melanoma
- BLentigo maligna✓ Correct answer
- CAcral melanoma
- DNodular melanoma
Q4.Most common subtype of Rodent ulcer is:
- ASuperficial
- BCystic
- CNodular✓ Correct answer
- DPigmented
Q5.In a case of primary melanoma of 1-2mm depth, margins of excision of surrounding normal skin should be -
- A0.5-1 cm
- B1 cm
- C1-2 cm✓ Correct answer
- D> 2cm
Q6.Most severe form of malignant melanoma is:
- ASuperficially spreading
- BNodular infiltrating type✓ Correct answer
- CThose arising in lower limb
- DThose in choroids
Q7.Bowen's disease is:
- AMimics chronic dermatosis
- BPremalignant condition
- CPresents with pruritus
- DAll of the above✓ Correct answer
Q8.Basal cell carcinoma treatment of choice is
- AWide excision✓ Correct answer
- BChemotherapy
- CIrradiation
- DCommando operation
Q9.True about marjolins ulcer is -
- AUlcer over scar✓ Correct answer
- BRapid growth
- CRodent ulcer
- DPainful
Q10.You are clearing the doubts of one of your patients with Marjolin's ulcer. Though Marjolin's ulcer is a squamous cell carcinoma it doesn't readily spread through the lymph nodes. Which is the TRUE attributed reason?
- AThe cells are of a lower malignant potential
- BIt is more rapidly diagnosed compared to a typical squamous cell Ca
- CThe scar tissue it occurs in has no lymphatics✓ Correct answer
- DNone of the above
Answer key
Q1: C. Squamous cell carcinoma; Q2: A. Lentigo maligna; Q3: B. Lentigo maligna; Q4: C. Nodular; Q5: C. 1-2 cm; Q6: B. Nodular infiltrating type; Q7: D. All of the above; Q8: A. Wide excision; Q9: A. Ulcer over scar; Q10: C. The scar tissue it occurs in has no lymphatics.
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