Immunohistologic differential diagnosis of basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and trichoepithelioma in small cutaneous biopsy specimens
Swanson P, Fitzpatrick M, Ritter J, Glusac E, Wick M. Immunohistologic differential diagnosis of basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and trichoepithelioma in small cutaneous biopsy specimens. Journal Of Cutaneous Pathology 1998, 25: 153-159. PMID: 9550314, DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.1998.tb01708.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBasal cell carcinomaMost basal cell carcinomasMonoclonal antibody Ber-EP4Squamous cell carcinomaCell carcinomaSquamous carcinomaBer-EP4Differential diagnosisBcl-2Metatypical basal cell carcinomaBasaloid squamous cell carcinomaCutaneous biopsy specimensPeroxidase complex methodDiffuse cytoplasmic labelingImmunoreactive tumorsInappropriate surgeryPeritumoral stromaProgressive diseaseBiopsy specimensHistological criteriaCarcinomaTumor typesCD34 antigenTrichoepitheliomaParaffin sections