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Basal cell carcinoma of the right axilla in a 35-year-old Indian male.
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The regional lymph nodes were not enlarged (Figure 1).
Adenoid basal cell carcinoma. The strands of epithelial cells form nodules, with a lace like pattern of cells within the nodules (H & E x 400).
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The cells were arranged in intertwining strands and radially around islands of connective tissue, resulting in a tumor with a lace-like pattern, features consistent with adenoid variant of basal cell carcinoma (Figure 2).