Basal cell carcinoma with neuroendocrine differentiation arising in a scar: A case report.
Basal cell carcinoma (BCC), the most common cutaneous malignant tumor, may display neuroendocrine differentiation in very rare instances. We here describe a case of a BCC with neuroendocrine differentiation that arose in a scar resulting from a trauma 75 years earlier. Neuroendocrine differentiation was proven by immunohistochemistry and electron microscopy. The simultaneous occurrence of BCC development in a scar and neuroendocrine differentiation is quite rare.
Krokowski
Manuela
M
Department of Pathology, University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Luebeck, Germany. krokowski@patho.uni-luebeck.de
Hoch
Josef
J
Feller
Alfred C
AC
Bernd
Heinz-Wolfram
HW
Thorns
Christoph
C
Krueger
Stefan
S
D000368:Aged; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology