Fig. 2From: Endoscopic features and associated histology of an basaloid squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus at the very early stagePathological features of the esophageal basaloid squamous cell carcinoma by hematoxylin & eosin (HE) and immunohistochemical staining (IHC). a, b, c, and d There were basaloid hyperchromatic proliferated cancer cells within the mucosal lamina propria. The cancer cells formed solid nests and lobules structures with ribbon-like arrangement of sparse cytoplasm and round to ovoid hyperchromatic nuclei. e and f Basaloid squamous cancer cells were diffuse positive for Ber-EP4 (e) and were negative for CgA (f)Back to article page