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Poorly differentiated cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma with osteoclast-like giant cell: A rare, aggressive variant.

Victoria Louise VenningEsther MyintJohn PyneSimon Clark
Published in: Clinical case reports (2019)
Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC) with Osteoclast-like giant cell (OLGC) is a rare SCC variant; only 10 cases have been reported. Our case suggests OLGC are resultant of a reactive process, driven by the fusion of adjacent macrophages. Knowledge regarding SCC with OLGC is of great importance as this entity has greater prometastatic potential compared to conventional SCC.
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