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Mucinous eccrine adenocarcinoma of the eyelid: report of 6 cases
Qing Zhang1, Ted H Wojno, Starla D Fitch
1Departments of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
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.
