TY - JOUR
T1 - Primary mucinous carcinoma in a 54-year-old man
AU - Cabell, Christine E.
AU - Helm, Klaus F.
AU - Sakol, Peter J.
AU - Billingsley, Elizabeth M.
PY - 2003/11
Y1 - 2003/11
N2 - Primary mucinous carcinoma is a rare malignant tumor that most frequently occurs in the periorbital area. This tumor originates from the deepest portion of the eccrine sweat duct. This normally asymptomatic and slow-growing tumor has demonstrated a local recurrence rate of 30% after excision with narrow surgical margins and can have local metastases. It is difficult to differentiate this tumor histologically from metastatic lesions. Immunohistochemical staining and cytokeratin profiles have been studied to aid in the differentiation between primary lesions and metastatic mucinous carcinomas. We present a case of a 54-year-old man with recurrent primary eccrine mucinous carcinoma and review the clinical, histologic, and immunohistochemical features of this tumor.
AB - Primary mucinous carcinoma is a rare malignant tumor that most frequently occurs in the periorbital area. This tumor originates from the deepest portion of the eccrine sweat duct. This normally asymptomatic and slow-growing tumor has demonstrated a local recurrence rate of 30% after excision with narrow surgical margins and can have local metastases. It is difficult to differentiate this tumor histologically from metastatic lesions. Immunohistochemical staining and cytokeratin profiles have been studied to aid in the differentiation between primary lesions and metastatic mucinous carcinomas. We present a case of a 54-year-old man with recurrent primary eccrine mucinous carcinoma and review the clinical, histologic, and immunohistochemical features of this tumor.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0190-9622(02)61524-5
DO - 10.1016/S0190-9622(02)61524-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 14576688
AN - SCOPUS:0142182680
SN - 0190-9622
VL - 49
SP - 941
EP - 943
JO - Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
JF - Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
IS - 5
ER -