Basal cell carcinoma with matrical differentiation.
Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) may exhibit diverse differentiation. In BCC with matrical differentiation, islands of shadow cells, which are characteristic of a pilomatricoma, are located within the tumor. This is an extremely rare variant and to our knowledge, only two review articles and one case report have been published. We recently experienced a case of BCC with matrical differentiation in a 45-year-old Caucasian male. This tumor should be differentially diagnosed from other tumors, particularly a pilomatricoma and pilomatrix carcinoma.
Kim
Se Hoon
SH
Department of Pathology, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University, 162 Ilsan-dong, Wonju, Kangwon-do 220-701, Korea.
Lee
Min Geol
MG
Lee
Kwang Gil
KG
D001132:Arm; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*