Basal cell carcinoma with monster cells.
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.
Elston
D M
DM
Department of Pathology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio.
Bergfeld
W F
WF
Petroff
N
N
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*