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Mohs micrographic excision of sebaceous carcinoma of the eyelids
A B Yount1, D Bylund, S G Pratt
1Mohs Cutaneous Surgery, Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, La Jolla, California.
Background:
Sebaceous carcinoma of the eyelid is a difficult tumor to manage because of diagnostic difficulties and pagetoid-type spread in the conjunctivae.
Objective:
We report our experience with eight patients using the Mohs technique of excision with reconstruction.
Methods:
Six cases were managed with paraffin-embedded hematoxylin and eosin sections. One case was managed by frozen histologic sections and one was managed with frozen section processing followed by paraffin-embedded section review.
Results:
The correct pathologic diagnosis was made initially in only 50% of the cases. Eighty-eight percent of the cases revealed intraepithelial neoplasm. There has been one recurrence with metastatic disease. The average follow-up period has been 56.8 months.
Conclusions:
We advocate early recognition and excision with the Mohs technique with paraffin-embedded sections followed by reconstruction. The use of paraffin-embedded histologic sections helps with interpretation of intraepithelial and pagetoid tumor spread.