Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC) is the most common malignant tumour of the skin. It is also the most common cancer in humans in some countries. BCC is malignant neoplasm derived from nonkeratinizing cells originating in the basal layer of the epidermis. The histology of the tumour and the surrounding stroma is characteristic. Basal cell carcinoma was first described in 1824 by Jacob who called it "u...

background and objective: cutaneous cytology is the study of scraping or smears obtained from skin lesions. although not commonly employed, cutaneous cytology has been a useful tool for clinicians due to simplified procedures and high sensitivity and specificity of presurgical clinical diagnosis of common types of skin tumors. this investigation was conducted to study usefulness of cutaneous cy...