Fig. 5From: A long-surviving patient with advanced esophageal basaloid squamous cell carcinoma treated only with radiotherapy: case report and literature reviewBiopsy histopathological image (Hematoxylin-Eosin staining: 20 X magnification): Small and spindle-shaped tumor cells with scanty cytoplasm are arranged in cords, forming a tumor nest similar to basal cells with no keratin pattern formation (narrow). Proliferation of atypical squamous epithelium is present around the nest and there are also components of squamous cell carcinomaBack to article page