title: [Primary mucinous carcinoma of the skin].
abstract: Primary mucinous carcinoma of the skin is a rare malignant tumour originating from the sweat glands. It is often misdiagnosed clinically since it has an uncharacteristic and variable presentation, and microscopically because it resembles a cutaneous metastasis from the more frequent mucinous adenocarcinomas of the colon, mammae, lungs and ovaries. The tumour often recurs, but mortality is low. We present a case with regional lymph node metastases five years after excision of the primary tumour.
authors.affiliation: Plastikkirurgisk Afdeling V, Herlev Hospital, DK-2730 Herlev. line.breiting@get2net.dk
authors.forename: Louise Vennegaard
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Kalialis
authors.forename: Line Bro
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Breiting
authors.forename: Siri
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Klausen
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dahlstrøm
mesh_terms: D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008875:Middle Aged; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D013544:Sweat Gland Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery