title: [Mucinous sweat gland carcinoma of the eyelid].
abstract: A 52-year-old patient presented with a painless nodular tumor of the upper left eyelid, which was first noticed 6 months prior to the initial presentation. The histopathological and immunohistochemical examination of the excised tumor revealed a mucinous sweat gland carcinoma. This very rare neoplasm (1/150,000 skin lesions) is located within the ocular adnexa in 40 % of cases. If completely excised the prognosis is usually good; however, due to the histological similarity to metastases of an adenocarcinoma, a hitherto unknown primary tumor at another site should be excluded.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-Augenklinik Bonn, Ernst-Abbe-Str. 2, 53127, Bonn, Deutschland. philipp.mueller@ukb.uni-bonn.de.|Sektion Ophthalmopathologie, Universitäts-Augenklinik Bonn, Bonn, Deutschland. philipp.mueller@ukb.uni-bonn.de.
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-Augenklinik Bonn, Ernst-Abbe-Str. 2, 53127, Bonn, Deutschland.|Sektion Ophthalmopathologie, Universitäts-Augenklinik Bonn, Bonn, Deutschland.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Herwig
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-Augenklinik Bonn, Ernst-Abbe-Str. 2, 53127, Bonn, Deutschland.
authors.forename: F G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Holz
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-Augenklinik Bonn, Ernst-Abbe-Str. 2, 53127, Bonn, Deutschland.|Sektion Ophthalmopathologie, Universitäts-Augenklinik Bonn, Bonn, Deutschland.
authors.forename: K U
authors.initials: KU
authors.lastname: Loeffler
mesh_terms: D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D058447:Eye Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013544:Sweat Gland Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Adenocarcinoma; Excision; Histopathology; Immunohistochemistry; Mucin