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Case Number : Case 1007 - 2nd May Posted By: Guest

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M75.?BCC on scalp.

Case posted by Dr. Richard Carr.
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Dr. Mona Abdel-Halim

Dr. Mona Abdel-Halim 508

Posted

Well differentiated seb carcinoma

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Guest Romualdo

Guest Romualdo

Posted

Agree, sebaceous carcinoma with squamous differentiation (squamoid variant).

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Dr. Richard Carr

Dr. Richard Carr 622

Posted

You will need to re-think. Immunos to be posted at 4pm British Summer Time!

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Dr. Mona Abdel-Halim

Dr. Mona Abdel-Halim 508

Posted

If not sebaceous, then Clear Cell SCC which is more favored over Clear cell hidradenocarcinoma.. Immunos will solve...

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Dr. Richard Carr

Dr. Richard Carr 622

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Okay Iskander's team must be busy as I have had not acknowledegment so I will have to describe the IHC. The epithelial component (about 30% of the combined tumour) is diffusely p63 and pan-keratin positive and also is widely strongly BerEP4 positive but EMA negative. The foamy cells are negative for all epithelial markers and weakly express CD68 only. I did not do vimentin!

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Dr. Mona Abdel-Halim

Dr. Mona Abdel-Halim 508

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Epithelial component: BCC ( BerEP4 positive, EMA negative)
The foamy cell component: not epithelial, CD68 positive
This is a collision tumor of a BCC and AFX (clear cell variant).

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Dr. Richard Carr

Dr. Richard Carr 622

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Well done Mona - I reported it as a partly basosquamous BCC with sarcomatoid component (clear cell AFX-type). Obviously we only have the top of the specimen and would have to re-assess on a complete excision to see if the sarcomatoid component was more deeply invasive etc. This was a very difficult case and illustrates that sebocyte-like differentiation is not necessarily true sebaceous differentiation.

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Guest Jim Davie MD

Guest Jim Davie MD

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Very nice case. For sake of the differential, clear cell melanoma may also be a consideration ... can be CD68 positive and CK negative. Any melanocytic markers performed?

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