Template:Overlap of squamous-cell and basal-cell carcinoma
Author:
Mikael Häggström [note 1]
Overlap between squamous-cell carcinoma and basal-cell carcinoma has two main forms:
Basal-cell carcinoma with squamous cell metaplasia: Basal-cell carcinoma is generally distinguishable by for example relatively less cytoplasm, palisading, cleft formations and absence of horn cyst formation. Yet, a high prevalence means a relatively high incidence of borderline cases, such as those with squamous cell metaplasia (H&e stain in left image). BerEP4 staining helps in such cases, staining only basal-cell carcinoma cells (right image).
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