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Case Number : Case 853 - 24th September Posted By: Guest

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The patient is a 92-year-old man with a shave curettage of a 6 mm, tender, erythematous papule taken from the right malar area.

Case posted by Dr. Mark Hurt.
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Guest Maria George

Guest Maria George

Posted

Ulcerated Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC).Possibly. clear cell BCC or BCC with myxomatous degeneration.

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Dr. Richard Carr

Dr. Richard Carr 622

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Agree BCC. True (intra-cellular) clear cell change can be related to sebaceous differentiation and outer root sheath (tricholemmal) differentiation or a non-specific intra-cytoplasmic degenerative process. In this instance the phenomenon is mainly related to the myxoid stroma and is probably not intra-cellular at all i.e. it looks like extra-cellular "myxoid-spongiotic" pseudo-clear cell change. I have noticed this many times but I am not sure anyone has drawn attention to this particular sub-type of pseudo-clear cell BCC.

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Guest Jim Davie MD

Guest Jim Davie MD

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Nodular BCC with clear cell changes.

Differential Dx of more aggressive entities for exclusion would be: Merkel Cell CA, SCCa / metatypical (basosquamous) Ca, melanoma, metastatic Ca, and Sebaceous Ca.
The absence of high NC ratios/high mitotic rate/neuroendocrine features, focal/minor squamous metaplasia, focally prominent peripheral palisading, and mucinous nature lacking sebaceous vacuolation and showing retraction artefact...taken as a whole...help exclude these DDx considerations.

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Robledo F. Rocha

Robledo F. Rocha 336

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Basal cell carcinoma with striking intratumoral mucin.

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