title: Basal cell carcinoma with monster cells.
abstract: 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.
authors: Department of Pathology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio.
authors: D M
authors: DM
authors: Elston
authors: W F
authors: WF
authors: Bergfeld
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Petroff
mesh_terms: D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005542:Forearm; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*