Endocrine Mucin-Producing Sweat Gland Carcinoma and Primary Cutaneous Mucinous Carcinoma: A Case Series

Cutis. 2023 Sep;112(3):E6-E10. doi: 10.12788/cutis.0856.

Abstract

Endocrine mucin-producing sweat gland carcinoma (EMPSGC) and primary cutaneous mucinous carcinoma (PCMC) are rare low-grade neoplasms thought to arise from apocrine glands that share many histological features and are proposed to be on a single histopathologic continuum, with EMPSGC as the in situ form that may progress to the invasive PCMC. Management involves a metastatic workup and either wide local excision (WLE) with greater than 5 mm margins or Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) in anatomically sensitive areas. We present 2 cases of EMPSGC and 3 cases of PCMC and review their clinical and histopathologic features, differential diagnoses, and treatment.

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous* / diagnosis
  • Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous* / pathology
  • Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous* / surgery
  • Carcinoma, Skin Appendage*
  • Humans
  • Mucins
  • Skin Neoplasms* / diagnosis
  • Skin Neoplasms* / pathology
  • Skin Neoplasms* / surgery
  • Sweat Gland Neoplasms* / diagnosis
  • Sweat Gland Neoplasms* / pathology
  • Sweat Gland Neoplasms* / surgery
  • Sweat Glands / pathology

Substances

  • Mucins