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Diagnosis: Basal Cell Carcinoma

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We diagnosed basal cell carcinoma (BCC) based on gross morphology, location, and histopathology. BCC usually presents as a small lesion with a pearly border and telangiectasias. BCC can be clinically characterized as nodular, infiltrative, superficial, or pigmented3. In humans, BCC usually appears on the head and trunk4. The appearance of a skin lesion with deep ulceration is typical of a nodular BCC.

There is no standard classification for the histological subtypes of BCC in humans; certain subtypes, such as the micronodular, infiltrative, adenoid and morpheic, are aggressive and associated with indistinct clinical margins, inadequate primary excisions, and recurrences5,6.

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Figure 2: H&E-stained keratotic basal cell carcinoma taken from the tumor affecting the left eye of the macaque in Fig. 1.
Figure 3: H&E-stained basal cell carcinoma, solid type, taken from tumor affecting the left eye of the macaque in Fig. 1.

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