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ArticleBMJ case reports2021

Basal cell carcinoma with signet ring cell morphology accumulating the ubiquitinated cytokeratin 5/6.

Ayako Watanabe, Naoshige Iida, Katsuhiko Enomoto

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ayako WatanabeDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Akita Hospital, Akita, Japan ayako_watanabe@akita-med.jrc.or.jp.
Naoshige IidaDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shonan Fujisawa Tokushukai Byoin, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan.
Katsuhiko EnomotoDepartment of Pathology, Japanese Red Cross Akita Hospital, Akita, Japan.
Akita Red Cross Hospital · JPShonan Institute of Technology · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) showing signet ring (SR) cell morphology is a very rare variant of BCC. Here, we report BCC with SR cell morphology developed in the right cheek skin of a 79-year-old man. Histopathologic examination showed irregularly shaped islands of basaloid cells with characteristic peripheral palisading. Inside of the cancer islands, many tumour cells showed an enlarged fine granular cytoplasm with the peripherally compressed nuclei, being similar to the SR cell. Immunohistochemical examination revealed dense accumulation of cytokeratin (CK) 5/6 and a faint signal of 34βE12 in SR cells. The reported myoepithelial markers were not detected. Interestingly, ubiquitin, a component of the ubiquitin-proteasome protein degradation system, was co-localised in the SR cells. These suggest, for the first time, that accumulation of the undegraded CK5/6 with ubiquitination results in the SR cell morphology. Our report showed that the aberrant keratin turnover is associated with the SR cell BCC.

Indexed as

Basal Cell CarcinomaCarcinoma, Signet Ring CellSkin NeoplasmsAgedBiomarkers, TumorHumansImmunohistochemistryKeratin-5Keratin-6MaleBiomarkers, TumorKeratin-5Keratin-6pathologyskin cancer

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PMID33893132
PMCPMC8074559
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