title: Granular cell basal cell carcinoma of the skin. Report of a case with immunocytochemical positivity for lysozyme.
abstract: Granular cell tumors have been described in many sites throughout the body. To our knowledge, few cases have been described in the literature. We report here the sixth case, in which positivity for lysozyme was also observed for the first time. The problems of the histogenesis and differential diagnosis of this rare variant of basal cell carcinoma are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Boscaino
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tornillo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Orabona
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Staibano
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gentile
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: De Rosa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D009113:Muramidase / Q000032:analysis*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D009113:Muramidase