Basal Cell Carcinoma Arising within a Trichoepithelioma: An Immunohistochemical Study

Abstract

Background: Trichoepithelioma (TE) and basal cell carcinoma (BCC) of skin represent distinct tumor entities but they have a close histogenetic and phenotypic relationship.

Keywords

• basal cell carcinoma
• trichoepithelioma
• trichoblastoma
• immunohistochemistry