Two Basal Cell Carcinomas of the Axillae: A Metastasis or an Independent Development?

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(a) Clinical appearance of basal cell carcinomas in the right axillae. (b) Both tumours contacted each other when the right shoulder joint was adducted. (c) Histological findings of the tumour that appeared first and was located on the axillae side. Atypical basaloid cells small forming isolated islands of tumour attached to the basement of the epidermis (Haematoxylin and Eosin stain, original magnification ). (d) The histopathological findings of the second one were the same as the first one. Tumour thickness was 0.55 mm (Haematoxylin and Eosin stain, original magnification ).

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