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Kim, Lee, and Lee: Basal Cell Carcinoma with Matrical Differentiation
Case Report
Yonsei Medical Journal

Yonsei Medical Journal 2003; 44(3): 523-525.

Published online: 30 March 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2003.44.3.523

Basal Cell Carcinoma with Matrical Differentiation

Se Hoon Kim1, Min Geol Lee2, Kwang Gil Lee3

1Department of Pathology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

2Department of Dermatology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

3Department of Pathology, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Wonju, Korea.

Reprint address: requests to Dr. Kwang Gil Lee, Department of Pathology, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University, 162 Ilsan-dong, Wonju, Kangwon-do 220-701, Korea. Tel: 82-33-741-1550, Fax: 82-33-731-6590, kwanggil@wonju.yonsei.ac.kr

Received 25 July 2002       Accepted 31 October 2002

Copyright © 2003 The Yonsei University College of Medicine

Abstract

Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) may exhibit diverse differentiation. In BCC with matrical differentiation, islands of shadow cells, which are characteristic of a pilomatricoma, are located within the tumor. This is an extremely rare variant and to our knowledge, only two review articles and one case report have been published. We recently experienced a case of BCC with matrical differentiation in a 45-year-old Caucasian male. This tumor should be differentially diagnosed from other tumors, particularly a pilomatricoma and pilomatrix carcinoma.

Keywords: Basal cell carcinoma, matrical differentiation, shadow cells

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