Basal cell carcinoma with monster cells

J Cutan Pathol. 1993 Feb;20(1):70-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.1993.tb01253.x.

Abstract

A case of basal cell carcinoma with "monster cells" is reported. Clinically, the lesion presented as a red nodule on the forearm of a 58-year-old male. The histologic picture was striking, with large, "monstrous" nuclei scattered throughout a well defined nodule. Basal cell carcinoma with monster cells appears to represent a histologic variant of nodular basal cell carcinoma. The prognostic significance of the monster cells remains to be established.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Basal Cell / pathology*
  • Cell Nucleus / ultrastructure
  • Forearm
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology*