Difference between revisions of "Dermatologic neoplasms"

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===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=pmid16882695/>
Features:<ref name=pmid16882695/>
*Nests of basilar cells that fit together like a jigsaw puzzle.
*Nests of cells that fit together like a jigsaw puzzle - the borders of the nests are opposed and undulate.
**The borders of the nests are opposed and undulate.
*#Basaloid cells with scant cytoplasm and dark nuclei palisade around the edge of the nests.
*#Larger cells with moderate eosinophilic cytoplasm and lighter staining nuclei are at the centre of the nests.
*Cells nests surrounded by a band of hyaline (i.e. glassy, eosinophilic, acellular) material ~ 2X thickness of a basilar cell - '''key feature'''.  
*Cells nests surrounded by a band of hyaline (i.e. glassy, eosinophilic, acellular) material ~ 2X thickness of a basilar cell - '''key feature'''.  
**This is basement membrane.
**This is basement membrane.
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