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Cell Population Analyses During Skin Carcinogenesis
Published on: August 21, 2013
Primary mucinous carcinoma of the skin. Report of case
A Boscaino1, V D'Onofrio, P Orabona
1Institute of Pathology, II Medical School, Naples University.
Pathologica
|December 1, 1995
Abstract:
The authors report a case of a primary mucinous carcinoma of the skin. This is a rare adnexial tumor arising from the eccrine secretory coils. The histologic characteristic finding of this lesion is the heap of abundant mucinous material (sialomucin) in the dermis in which rare epithelial islands are free-floating. In this study we also value the importance of a correct diagnosis for an appropriate therapy.
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