microcystic adnexal carcinoma

Images

 microcystic adnexal carcinoma :

• https://twitter.com/JMGardnerMD/status/806476202953371648
• https://twitter.com/JMGardnerMD/status/861581982131728384
• https://twitter.com/MPLEEMD/status/1105128856959238145

Synopsis

 The tumor grows very slowly over the course of years
 thin bland cords & tubules
 keratin cysts
 deeply infiltrative
 perineural infiltration
 biphasic malignant sweat duct tumor with ductal and follicular differentiation
 bump or plaque on the upper lip, cheek or chin of older individuals

Differential diagnosis

 desmoplastic trichoepithelioma

See also

 cutaneous tumors

• cutaneous adnexal tumors
  • cutaneous follicular tumors

Open references

 Microcystic adnexal carcinoma in a non-Caucasian patient: A case report and review of the literature.
Chen J, Yang S, Chen J, Liao T, Deng W, Li W.
Oncol Lett. 2016 Apr;11(4):2471-2474.
PMID: 27073500 Free