Korean J Dermatol.
2001 Feb;39(2):239-241.
A Case of Clear Cell Basal Cell Carcinoma
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- 1Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- Clear cell basal cell carcinoma(BCC) is an unusual variant of BCC which is characterized by a variable component of large clear cells. Clear cell changes were displayed trichilemmal differentiation but recently are more consistent with degenerative phenomenon than that. We describe a case which clinically looked like superficial type BCC or Bowen's disease, presenting as a crusted eruption on the abdomen and histologically showed mixed clear cell BCC with distinct pagetoid infiltration of clear cells in the overlying epidermis.
