This is the Final Diagnosis that was given to my mother: Eyelid - TopicsExpress

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This is the Final Diagnosis that was given to my mother: Eyelid skin, Malignant Adnexal Neoplasm, Sebaceous – Sebaceous Carcinoma cancer.net/cancer-types/eyelid-cancer A description of what Sebaceous Carcinoma is: Sebaceous gland carcinoma is an aggressive, uncommon, cutaneous tumor first well-described by Allaire in 1891.[1] This tumor is thought to arise from sebaceous glands in the skin and, thus, may arise anywhere on the body where these glands exist, including the genitalia.[2, 3, 4, 5] Approximately 75% of these tumors arise in the periocular region, an area rich in a variety of types of sebaceous glands.[6, 7]This tumor exhibits an aggressive clinical course, with a significant tendency for both local recurrence and distant metastasis. Diagnosis and therapy tend to be delayed because sebaceous carcinoma is frequently mistaken for more common benign entities, further complicating treatment of this aggressive malignancy.[8, 9, 10, 11] In addition to its varied clinical appearance, a varied histologic appearance may occur, and delayed diagnosis or misdiagnosis following a biopsy is not uncommon.[8, 9, 10] reference.medscape/article/1101433-overview#showall

Posted on: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 19:15:00 +0000

This is the Final Diagnosis that was given to my mother: Eyelid - TopicsExpress

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