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Basal cell carcinoma with monster cells
Author(s) -
Elston Dirk M.,
Bergfeld Wilma F.,
Petroff Nina
Publication year - 1993
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.1600-0560.1993.tb01253.x
Subject(s) - monster , basal cell carcinoma , pathology , nodule (geology) , carcinoma , lesion , biology , basal cell , anatomy , medicine , art , paleontology , art history
A case of basal cell carcinoma with “monster cells” is reported. Clinically, the lesion presented as a red nodule on the forearm of a 58‐year‐old male. The histologic picture was striking, with large, “monstrous” nuclei scattered throughout a well defined nodule. Basal cell carcinoma with monster cells appears to represent a histologic variant of nodular basal cell carcinoma. The prognostic significance of the monster cells remains to be established.