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| Year : 2017 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 115-118 |
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Cutaneous basal cell carcinoma with mixed histology: Cytomorphological features of two unusual cases
Surbhi Goyal1, Ruchi Rathore1, Sonal Sharma1, Vinod Kumar Arora1, Gopal Krushna Das2, Archana Singal3
1 Department of Pathology, University College of Medical Sciences and GTB Hospital, Delhi, India
2 Department of Ophthalmology, University College of Medical Sciences and GTB Hospital, Delhi, India
3 Department of Dermatology and STD, University College of Medical Sciences and GTB Hospital, Delhi, India
Correspondence Address:
Vinod Kumar Arora
Department of Pathology, University College of Medical Sciences and GTB Hospital, University of Delhi, Dilshad Garden, Delhi - 110 095
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0970-9371.203566
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Cutaneous basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is a slow growing locally aggressive malignant tumor. It is usually diagnosed on histopathological examination of the excised biopsy. Recently, fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is emerging as a simple alternative technique for rapid diagnostic work of nodular and plaque-like skin lesions. We report the cytomorphological features of two cases of cutaneous BCC having unusual clinical presentation and mixed histology (MH); emphasizing the diagnostic difficulties encountered on cytology, the plausible explanation and the precautions to keep in mind to avoid misdiagnosis. |
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