Sarcomatoid basal cell carcinoma - Predilection for osteosarcomatous differentiation: A series of 11 cases

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1299-1308

  Mc Menamin, M E ^a   Goh, S G N ^b   Poblet, E ^c   Gostelow, B E ^d   Robson, A ^e   Calonje, E ^e  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALBACETE   (Spain)

^d KETTERING GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Carcinosarcoma; Osteosarcoma; Osteosarcomatous; Sarcomatoid carcinoma; Skin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; KERATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXCISION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GIANT CELL TUMOR; HEAD; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MESENCHYME CELL; OSTEOSARCOMA; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

AGED; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOSARCOMA; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSARCOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33749020257     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pas.0000208900.23483.ba     Document Type: Article

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