Primary Cutaneous Mucinous Carcinoma with Extramammary Paget’s Disease: Eccrine or Apocrine?
- Author:
Sun Ju OH
1
;
Young Ok KIM
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Cutaneous mucinous carcinoma; Skin adnexal tumor; Apocrine carcinoma; Paget's disease, extramammary
- MeSH: Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous; Aged; Eyelids; Groin; Head; Humans; Male; Mucins; Paget Disease, Extramammary; Sweat Glands
- From:Journal of Pathology and Translational Medicine 2018;52(4):238-242
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Primary cutaneous mucinous carcinoma (PCMC) is an uncommon tumor of the sweat gland origin. The occurrence of PCMC is mostly in middle-aged and older patients, with a slight male predominance. Most cases of PCMC arise on the head, with a preference for eyelids. The histogenesis of PCMC, whether eccrine or apocrine, remains controversial. We report a rare case of PCMC with secondary extramammary Paget’s disease in the groin of a 75-year-old man, which favored an apocrine origin. Furthermore, based on a review of the literature, we provide several histologic clues that can be used to differentiate PCMC from metastatic mucinous carcinoma.
