Characteristic feature of basal cell carcinoma is
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
Keratin pearls
Foam cells
Nuclear palisading
Psammoma bodies
General surgery