Article
Basal cell carcinoma with thickened basement membrane: a variant that resembles some benign adnexal neoplasms.
The American Journal of dermatopathology - 1 Dec 1997
El-Shabrawi L, LeBoit P E
Abstract excerpt
Because cutaneous basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is such a common malignancy, its unusual histologic manifestations are important. We identified a variant of BCC in which thickened basement membranes surround aggregations of neoplastic epithelial cells. Thickened basement membranes of similar appeara...
Topics
- Adenoma
- Adenoma, Sweat Gland
- Adnexal Diseases
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Basement Membrane
- Carcinoma, Basal Cell
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Male
- Ovarian Neoplasms
- Skin
- Skin Neoplasms
- Sweat Gland Neoplasms