Primary Mucinous Eccrine Adenocarcinoma of the Scalp

Primary Mucinous Eccrine Adenocarcinoma – A Rare Malignant Cutaneous Adnexal Neoplasm at an Unconventional Site

“…Many other mucin producing mesenchymal and epithelial lesions may mimic this entity thereby adding to the diagnostic difficulties as encountered in the present case [1].…”

Primary Eccrine Adenocarcinoma of the Skin: A Single-centre Experience of 10 Years

“…Primary eccrine adenocarcinoma of the skin is a rare tumour that originates in the sweat gland (1,8). There are only about 150 cases of primary mucinous eccrine adenocarcinoma of the skin documented in the literature, and primary classic eccrine adenocarcinomas of the skin are also rarely reported (5,9,10).…”

Primary mucinous eccrine adenocarcinoma: A rare skin adnexal tumor at an unusual site

“…Only few case reports have described the cytological features of this rare tumor. [23] Usually cytological smears of this neoplasm are cellular with monomorphic cells in a mucinous background. Cells are monomorphic with minimal nuclear atypia.…”

“…The mucin in this primary skin adnexal tumor is sialomucin which is PAS positive and diastase resistant and Alcian blue positive at pH 2.5. [3]…”