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Basal Cell Carcinoma with Matrical Differentiation

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Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common type of skin cancer. Many variants are acknowledged, but the presence of matrical differentiation (recapitulating the follicular hair matrix) is exceedingly rare. Description of the entity is limited to single case reports or small case series.

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  1. Department of Pathology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA

    Sara C. Shalin M.D.

  2. Department of Pathology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 601 Elmwood Ave, Rochester, NY, 14642, USA

    Bruce R. Smoller M.D.

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Shalin, S.C., Smoller, B.R. (2015). Basal Cell Carcinoma with Matrical Differentiation. In: Rare Malignant Skin Tumors. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2023-5_9

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