Characteristic feature of basal cell carcinoma is: (A) Keratin pearls, (B) Foam cells, (C) Nuclear palisading, (D) Psammoma bodies
Answer is C. The characteristic finding is of ovoid cells in nests with a single 'palisading' layer. It is only the outer layer of cells that actively divide, explaining why tumour growth rates are slower than their cell cycle speed would suggest.Ref: Bailey and Love, 27e, page: 605