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Transplantation of Basal Cell Epitheliomas**From the Departments of Dermatology and Pathology, Baylor University College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.

1960; Elsevier BV; Volume: 34; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1038/jid.1960.61

1523-1747

Thomas W. Lyles, Robert G. Freeman, John M. Knox,

Vascular Tumors and Angiosarcomas

The nature and behavior of basal cell epitheliomas have been the subject of much discussion. There are those who do not consider these lesions to be true malignant neoplasms. However, a few instances of metastasis have been described (1). Pickren and Katz (2) suggested that metastasis may occur by direct implantation to mucous membrane. The possibility of recurrence or metastasis occurring by means of transplantation of tumor tissue at the time of excision or of curettage has also been suggested. The present study was an attempt at transplantation of basal cell epitheliomas.