Open AccessCutaneous basal cell carcinoma mimicking small cell carcinoma
Author(s) -
Pollock Samara E.,
Yousef Michael,
Pallavi Ranjita,
Pollock Jondavid
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.2133
Subject(s) - medicine , basal cell carcinoma , confusion , pathology , carcinoma , neuroendocrine carcinoma , feature (linguistics) , oncology , basal cell , psychology , linguistics , philosophy , psychoanalysis
Key Clinical Message Neuroendocrine differentiation seen in basal cell carcinomas (BCC) is not generally appreciated by oncologists and can introduce a component of confusion when diagnosing a tumor and developing a management plan. Understanding that BCC commonly have this feature can assist the treating oncologist.