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Basaloid follicular hamartoma.
Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine - 1 Aug 2010
Mills Omie, Thomas L Brannon
Abstract excerpt
Basaloid follicular hamartoma is a benign lesion of important consideration because it can be mistaken both clinically and histologically for basal cell carcinoma. The formation of basaloid follicular hamartoma has been linked to a mutation in the patched gene, which is part of the same pathway implicated in nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome. While these hamartomas are considered benign lesions, malignant...
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