PRIMARY MUCINOUS CARCINOMA

  • Hugo Barreiros Interno do Internato Complementar de Dermatologia e Venereologia/Resident Dermatology and Venereology
  • Diogo Matos Interno do Internato Complementar de Dermatologia e Venereologia/Resident Dermatology and Venereology
  • João Goulão Assistente Hospitalar de Dermatologia e Venereologia/Consultant Dermatology and Venereology
  • Henriqueta Cunha Assistente Hospitalar Graduado de Dermatologia e Venereologia/Graduated Consultant Dermatology and Venereology
  • Elvira Bártolo Chefe de Serviço de Dermatologia e Venereologia/ConsultantChief Dermatology and Venereology Serviço de Dermatologia e Venereologia/ Dermatology and Venereology Department, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal

Abstract

Mucinous carcinoma of the skin, also called mucinous adenocystic carcinoma or colloid carcinoma, is a rare malignancy. It was first described by Lennox et al. in 1952. It is derived from the sweat glands or their germinal structures but it’s appocrine or eccrine origin is still controversial. Histologically it can be confused with a metastatic lesion from the more common colloid carcinoma of the breast and mucinous adenocarcinoma of the intestine, lung, ovary or prostate.

A 60-year-old woman presented to our department with a a 2-year history of a erythematous-blue nodule of the scalp, measuring 2 cm in diameter, and initially interpreted as a nodular basal cell carcinoma. After skin biopsy it was esta- blished the diagnosis of primary mucinous carcinoma or mucinous metastatic lesion. The entire lesion was then excised. Physical examination and careful systemic workup were negative. The diagnosis of a (primary) skin mucinous carcinoma was confirmed.

KEYWORDS – Adenocarcinoma, mucinous.

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Published
2013-01-13
How to Cite
Barreiros, H., Matos, D., Goulão, J., Cunha, H., & Bártolo, E. (2013). PRIMARY MUCINOUS CARCINOMA. Journal of the Portuguese Society of Dermatology and Venereology, 70(3), 381. https://doi.org/10.29021/spdv.70.3.18
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Case Reports