Adnexal Carcinoma
Dermatofibroma to Dermal Sarcoma: The Spectrum of Dermal Spindle Cell Tumors
HISTORY A 54-year-old woman with no history of skin cancers presented with 4 month h/o growing left cheek nodule. After a shave biopsy that suggested a dermatofibroma, the tumor progressed to ulceration . A 74-year-old man presented with a 2 month h/o bleeding, ulcerated nodule of left antitragus. He has a history of several skin…
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Adnexal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Recurring in Parotid
HISTORY 74-year-old woman presents with a third occurrence of poorly differentiated carcinoma of the left cheek. Her history began in March 2015 with a 1 cm left cheek dermal poorly differentiated carcinoma. Histologic differential diagnosis included metatypical basal cell carcinoma, adnexal BCC, or metastatic epidermoid origin carcinoma. CT/PET scan was negative at the time. She…
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Sclerosing Adnexal Carcinoma of Nose
HISTORY 74-year-old man presented in June 2017 with 2-month history of scabbing of the left nose. A biopsy performed 5/11/17 revealed sclerosing carcinoma of left nose. The lesion is an 8mm plaque at the base of the left nasal ala. Mohs and reconstruction are being planned. DISCUSSION The histology of the sclerosing carcinoma is presented…
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