A Case of Primary Mucinous Adenocarcinoma on Skin of The Lateral Canthus.
10.3341/jkos.2009.50.10.1582
- Author:
Seong Min HONG
1
;
Sang Duck KIM
;
Ki Jung YUN
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, Wonkwang University School of Medicine and Institute of Wonkwang Medical Science, Iksan, Korea. sangduck@wonkwang.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Lateral Canthus;
Primary mucinous adenocarcinoma;
Sweat gland
- MeSH:
Adenocarcinoma;
Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous;
Aged;
Biopsy;
Colonoscopy;
Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal;
Eyelids;
Humans;
Male;
Mucins;
Organothiophosphorus Compounds;
Positron-Emission Tomography;
Recurrence;
Skin;
Sweat Glands;
Thorax
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
2009;50(10):1582-1585
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: To report a rare case of primary mucinous adenocarcinoma arising from a sweat gland in the eyelid. CASE SUMMARY: A 68-year-old male presented to our hospital with a painless, superficial nodular lesion over the skin of the right lateral canthus that had slowly grown over the past two years. The patient had a history of surgical excision for three nodular lesions at the same site 5 years ago, and an excisional biopsy was mucinous adenocarcinoma with a positive margin. A systemic evaluation, including whole-body Positron Emission Tomography scan (PET), chest computerized tomography, gastrointestinal endoscopy, and colonoscopy, revealed no other abnormal lesions. Therefore, the eyelid lesion was considered a primary mucinous adenocarcinoma of the skin. CONCLUSIONS: Primary mucinous adenocarcinoma of the eyelid can rarely metastasize. Therefore, a systemic examination is warranted to discriminate primary and metastatic adenocarcinoma and also to monitor the long-term follow-up for the evaluation of local recurrence.
