squamous cell carcinoma
Findings
No curated finding names squamous cell carcinoma yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A carcinoma arising from squamous epithelial cells. Morphologically, it is characterized by the proliferation of atypical, often pleomorphic squamous cells. Squamous cell carcinomas are graded by the degree of cellular differentiation as well, moderately, or poorly differentiated. Well differentiated carcinomas are usually associated with keratin production and the presence of intercellular bridges between adjacent cells. Representative examples are lung squamous cell carcinoma, skin squamous cell carcinoma, and cervical squamous cell carcinoma.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0005096), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
- Narrower terms (39)
- adenosquamous carcinoma
- basaloid squamous cell carcinoma
- bladder squamous cell carcinoma
- bone squamous cell carcinoma
- cervical squamous cell carcinoma
- colorectal squamous cell carcinoma
- endometrial squamous cell carcinoma
- esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
- fallopian tube squamous cell carcinoma
- gallbladder squamous cell carcinoma
- gastric squamous cell carcinoma
- head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
- human papillomavirus-related squamous cell carcinoma
- keratinizing squamous cell carcinoma
- metastatic squamous cell carcinoma
- ovarian squamous cell carcinoma
- papillary squamous carcinoma
- prostate squamous cell carcinoma
- pseudoglandular squamous cell carcinoma
- pure squamous carcinoma of the urothelial tract
- renal pelvis squamous cell carcinoma
- sarcomatoid squamous cell carcinoma
- scrotum squamous cell carcinoma
Other names
14 names
Resolves to: squamous cell carcinoma
- Also called
- carcinoma, squamous cell, malignantepidermoid carcinomaepidermoid cell cancermalignant epidermoid cell neoplasmmalignant epidermoid cell tumormalignant epidermoid cell tumourmalignant squamous cell neoplasmmalignant squamous cell tumormalignant squamous cell tumoursquamous carcinomasquamous cell cancersquamous cell carcinoma (morphologic abnormality)squamous cell carcinoma NOS (morphologic abnormality)squamous cell epithelioma