Korean J Dermatol.  1999 Apr;37(4):523-527.

A Case of Primary Cutaneous Mucinous Adenocarcinoma

• Shin JH
• Sung HT
• Jung SY
• Lee ES

Abstract

We report a case of primary cutaneous mucinous adenocarcinotna in a 64-year-old female. The tumor was about 2cm in size, forminga round dome-shaped alopecic scalp mass which had gradually increased in size over about 5 years, Histalogic examination revealed that the tumor was divided into numerous compartments by strands of fibrous tissue. In each compartment, abundant amounts of pale-staining mucin surrounded nests or cords of moderately anaplastic epithelial cells. We couldn't find any evidence of internal neoplasms as a source of metastasis. We resected the tumor with approximately a 1 cm margin and then performed a split thickness skin graft.

Keyword

Primary cutaneous mucinous adenocarcinoma

MeSH Terms

Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous*
Betazole
Epithelial Cells
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Mucins*
Neoplasm Metastasis
Scalp
Skin
Transplants
Betazole
Mucins