Rapid cytological diagnosis of basal cell carcinoma of the skin.
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- 1 April 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Clinical Pathology
- Vol. 32 (4), 361-367
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jcp.32.4.361
Abstract
Cytological diagnosis in a series of 153 skin lesions is presented. The diagnosis in each case has been compared with the clinical assessment and, where available, the biopsy result (85 lesions). Of 131 basal cell carcinomas, a cytological diagnosis was possible in 124 while biopsyl failed to identify two of the 73 lesions studied. A correct cytological diagnosis was made in five squamous cell carcinomas and in one malignant melanoma. Basal cell papillomas and solar keratoses were not accurately identified. We thus conclude that with this very simple, rapid, and inexpensive method a clinical diagnosis of basal cell carcinoma is reliably confirmed with advantages for both the clinic and the laboratory.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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