Basal cell carcinoma with tumor epithelial and stromal giant cells: A variant of pleomorphic basal cell carcinoma

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 473-478

  Meehan, Shane A ^a,c   Egbert, Barbara M ^a,b   Rouse, Robert V ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Basal cell carcinoma; Carcinosarcoma; Giant cells; Pleomorphic basal cell carcinoma; Trichoblastic fibroma

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; KERATIN; PROTEIN BCL 2;

AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; GIANT CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY;

ACTINS; AGED; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GIANT CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STROMAL CELLS;

EID: 0032834980     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-199910000-00013     Document Type: Article

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