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CD56 expression in basaloid anal squamous cell carcinoma - A potential diagnostic pitfall.
Annals of diagnostic pathology - 1 Aug 2021
Madahian Sepideh, Judelson Richard, Zhu Xiaoqin, Meng Xiuling, Dresser Karen, Hutchinson Lloyd, Bledsoe Jacob R
Abstract excerpt
Anal squamous cell carcinoma (SqCC) is a morphologically heterogeneous entity. Basaloid and non-keratinizing anal SqCC may be confused with other tumors including neuroendocrine carcinoma due to morphologic overlap, and expression of neuroendocrine markers is not well-studied in anal SqCC. Prompted by a case of anal SqCC that was initially misdiagnosed as neuroendocrine carcinoma on the basis of morphology and...
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