title: Basal cell carcinoma with neuroendocrine differentiation arising in a scar: A case report.
abstract: 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.
authors: Department of Pathology, University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Luebeck, Germany. krokowski@patho.uni-luebeck.de
authors: Manuela
authors: M
authors: Krokowski
authors: Josef
authors: J
authors: Hoch
authors: Alfred C
authors: AC
authors: Feller
authors: Heinz-Wolfram
authors: HW
authors: Bernd
authors: Christoph
authors: C
authors: Thorns
authors: Stefan
authors: S
authors: Krueger
mesh_terms: 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