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The value of typing basal cell carcinomas in predicting recurrence after surgical excision
Author(s) -
SLOANE J.P.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1977.tb12533.x
Subject(s) - stromal cell , pathology , medicine , surgical excision , infiltration (hvac) , basal (medicine) , basal cell carcinoma , basal cell , radiology , physics , insulin , thermodynamics
SUMMARY A classification, based on growth pattern, was devised and applied to 156 basal cell carcinomas from134 patients. The tumours were divided into four main groups; (i) nodular; (2) nodular with infiltrative margin; (3) infiltrative; (4) multifocal. The infiltrative and multifocal types exhibited a high rate of recurrence following surgical excision whereas recurrence of nodular tumours was much rarer. It is therefore suggested that growth pattern should always be stated in the routine histopathological reporting of these neoplasms. Other features were studied and found to have no prognostic value. These included the various types of epithelial differentiation and such stromal factors as the degree of lymphocyte and plasma cell infiltration and the presence of amyloid or elastic fibres.