I believe the biopsy description of "small basophillic cells forming tumor islands" is describing the peripheral palisading that is classically seen in Basal cell carcinoma.
All other types are either pigmented or have scales. -- process of elimination
Anything upper lip + above → basal cell carcinoma
Anything lower lip → Squamous cell carcinoma
FA 2019 -pg 473
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submitted by sympathetikey(326), 2019-06-01T02:47:25Z
I believe the biopsy description of "small basophillic cells forming tumor islands" is describing the peripheral palisading that is classically seen in Basal cell carcinoma.