Immunoreactivity for alpha-smooth muscle actin characterizes a potentially aggressive subgroup of little basal cell carcinomas

Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is a very common malignant skin tumor that rarely metastatizes, but is often locally aggressive. Several factors, like large size (more than 3 cm), exposure to ultraviolet rays, histological variants, level of infiltration and perineural or perivascular invasion, are assoc...

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Main Authors: L Pilloni, P Bianco, C Manieli, G Senes, P Coni, L Atzori, N Aste, G Faa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2009-06-01
Series:European Journal of Histochemistry
Online Access:http://www.ejh.it/index.php/ejh/article/view/1240