Microcystic Adnexal Carcinoma Treated by Mohs' Micrographic Surgery.
- Author:
Kyu yeop LEE
1
;
Boncheol GOO
;
Jae Yong JANG
;
Kee Yang CHUNG
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. derma@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Microcystic adnexal carcinoma;
Mohs' micrographic surgery
- MeSH:
Carcinoma, Papillary;
Female;
Humans;
Middle Aged;
Mohs Surgery*;
Neoplasm Metastasis;
Recurrence;
Skin;
Subcutaneous Fat;
Sweat;
Thymoma;
Thyroid Gland
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
2006;44(12):1444-1447
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Microcystic adnexal carcinoma (MAC) is an uncommon skin appendage neoplasm with both follicular and sweat duct differentiation. It usually extends microscopically far beyond assessed clinical margins and spreads locally in the dermal, subcutaneous fat, muscle, and perineural tissue planes. Although its metastasis is very rare, local recurrence rate after standard excision is 40~59%. Recently, Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) was introduced for the treatment of MAC and a more favorable cure rate has been reported. We report a case of MAC, which was treated by MMS, which concurred with thymoma and thyroid papillary carcinoma in a 50-year-old woman.
