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- Title
Oestrogen and progesterone receptors in primary mucinous carcinoma of skin.
- Authors
Kwatra, Kanwardeep S.; Prabhakar, Baldev R.; Jain, Satish
- Abstract
A 74-year-old man presented with a recurrent indolent growth in the left axilla. Fine-needle aspiration cytology and histopathological examination showed a picture of mucinous adenocarcinoma. Clinical examination and systemic investigations failed to detect any primary lesion elsewhere and hence, a diagnosis of primary mucinous carcinoma of the skin was made. This tumour shows histological resemblance to mucinous carcinoma of breast. We also demonstrated expression of oestrogen and progesterone receptors in this tumour. This observation suggests that there is a potential of using antioestrogenic therapy in patients with primary cutaneous mucinous carcinoma, especially because of its high rate of local recurrence.
- Subjects
AXILLA; ESTROGEN receptors; PROGESTERONE receptors; SKIN cancer; CANCER; ADENOCARCINOMA; TUMORS
- Publication
Australasian Journal of Dermatology, 2005, Vol 46, Issue 4, p246
- ISSN
0004-8380
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1440-0960.2005.00193.x