OBJECTIVE: To report on patients with mucinous eccrine adenocarcinoma of the eyelid. DESIGN: Retrospective case series. PARTICIPANTS: Biopsy specimens of 6 patients with eyelid neoplasm were obtained. The pathologic diagnoses were mucinous eccrine adenocarcinomas. METHODS: The medical records, including demographic, clinical, histopathologic, and follow-up information, were reviewed. RESULTS: Five patients underwent surgical removal of the lesion by means of Mohs micrographic surgery. Four of these patients were doing well; 1 of them, with positive margins of resection, had 2 recurrences. One case was lost to follow-up. CONCLUSIONS: Mucinous eccrine adenocarcinoma is an uncommon adnexal tumour that can involve the eyelid, has low metastasis and mortality, but can be invasive or locally recur. Mohs micrographic surgery is a recommended treatment of mucinous eccrine adenocarcinoma of the eyelid.
OBJECTIVE: To report on patients with mucinous eccrine adenocarcinoma of the eyelid. DESIGN: Retrospective case series. PARTICIPANTS: Biopsy specimens of 6 patients with eyelid neoplasm were obtained. The pathologic diagnoses were mucinous eccrine adenocarcinomas. METHODS: The medical records, including demographic, clinical, histopathologic, and follow-up information, were reviewed. RESULTS: Five patients underwent surgical removal of the lesion by means of Mohs micrographic surgery. Four of these patients were doing well; 1 of them, with positive margins of resection, had 2 recurrences. One case was lost to follow-up. CONCLUSIONS:Mucinous eccrine adenocarcinoma is an uncommon adnexal tumour that can involve the eyelid, has low metastasis and mortality, but can be invasive or locally recur. Mohs micrographic surgery is a recommended treatment of mucinous eccrine adenocarcinoma of the eyelid.
Authors: Vikram D Durairaj; Eric M Hink; Malik Y Kahook; Michael J Hawes; Parwathi U Paniker; Bita Esmaeli Journal: Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg Date: 2006 Jan-Feb Impact factor: 1.746