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Basal Cell Carcinoma Pictures
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| Basal cell carcinoma is a common and slow-growing
skin tumor. It usually affects people with light skin, especially
those with high sun exposure. Basal cell carcinoma can also
affect people with immune system impairment or defect in DNA
repairing machinery. |
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| Low magnification of skin cross-section. Notice the epidermis,
dermis, and subcutaneous tissue layers of the skin and the
areas of the tumor invasion on top. |
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| Tumor cells appear to bud off from the epidermis and grow
downward as islands and cords of basophilic cells. Notice
the hyperchromatic nuclei and jagged edges or palisading of
cells. (Normal basal cells mature and lose their nuclei -
tumor cells don't). |
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