Mucinous eccrine adenocarcinoma of the eyelid: report of 6 cases.
OBJECTIVE
To report on patients with mucinous eccrine adenocarcinoma of the eyelid.


METHODS
Retrospective case series.


METHODS
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.
Departments of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
Qing
Q
Zhang
Ted H
TH
Wojno
Starla D
SD
Fitch
Hans E
HE
Grossniklaus
D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004439:Eccrine Glands / Q000601:surgery*; D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015580:Mohs Surgery; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013544:Sweat Gland Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome