BACKGROUND: Microcystic adnexal carcinoma is a clinically aggressive, local destructive sweat gland carcinoma with a high rate of recurrence, but regional or distant metastasis is quite rare. OBJECTIVE: The objective was to describe an autopsy case of microcystic adnexal carcinoma with hematogenous metastasis and perineural intracranial spreads. METHODS: This is an autopsy case of a 73-year-old woman with hematogenous metastasis of microcystic adnexal carcinoma followed for more than 20 years. RESULT: The autopsy study revealed that the metastatic lesions were located in the perineural intracranial spread, left clavicle bone, bilateral 12th ribs, and liver. CONCLUSION: Physicians should be aware that microcystic adnexal carcinoma is capable of metastasis to the liver and bones with intracranial spread along the optic nerve into the cranium.
BACKGROUND:Microcystic adnexal carcinoma is a clinically aggressive, local destructive sweat gland carcinoma with a high rate of recurrence, but regional or distant metastasis is quite rare. OBJECTIVE: The objective was to describe an autopsy case of microcystic adnexal carcinoma with hematogenous metastasis and perineural intracranial spreads. METHODS: This is an autopsy case of a 73-year-old woman with hematogenous metastasis of microcystic adnexal carcinoma followed for more than 20 years. RESULT: The autopsy study revealed that the metastatic lesions were located in the perineural intracranial spread, left clavicle bone, bilateral 12th ribs, and liver. CONCLUSION: Physicians should be aware that microcystic adnexal carcinoma is capable of metastasis to the liver and bones with intracranial spread along the optic nerve into the cranium.
Authors: Wen Ying Wu-Chen; Christina Y Weng; K D A Rajan; Charles Eberhart; Neil R Miller Journal: J Neuroophthalmol Date: 2011-06 Impact factor: 3.042