Cutaneous basal cell carcinoma with mixed histology: Cytomorphological features of two unusual cases

Surbhi Goyal, Ruchi Rathore, Sonal Sharma, Vinod Kumar Arora, Gopal Krushna Das, Archana Singal

Journal of Cytology 2017 34(2):115-118

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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