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Basal Cell Carcinoma‐Signet Ring Type
Author(s) -
SEO IN SOOK,
WARNER T.F.C.S.,
PRIEST J.B.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of cutaneous pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1600-0560
pISSN - 0303-6987
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0560.1979.tb01110.x
Subject(s) - ultrastructure , pathology , keratin , basal (medicine) , basal cell carcinoma , cytoplasm , signet ring cell , biology , carcinoma , basal cell , tumor cells , anatomy , medicine , cancer , microbiology and biotechnology , adenocarcinoma , cancer research , endocrinology , genetics , insulin
Light microscopic examination of a basalioma (basal cell carcinoma) revealed unusual keratinizing cells resembling signet ring cells with pink cytoplasmic inclusions. Ultrastructurally the inclusions consisted of filamentous masses encircled by abundant tonofilaments giving a striking picture of abnormal individual tumor cell keratinization.