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Case Number : Case 2209 - 27 November 2018 Posted By: Uma Sundram

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65 year old man with lesion on scalp. Rule out pilar cyst.


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Mets vs Eccrine Ductal Ca vs Primary Cutaneous Mammary Analog Secretory Carcinoma With ETV6-NTRK3 Translocation ( rare )

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Krishnakumar subramanian

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apocrine adenocarcinoma primary versus mets

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This is an in situ lesion, as marked by myoepithelial peripheral layer. Odd site for an EMPSGC but this is my first spot for now. 

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vincenzo

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...unless this is a focal dermal component of a syringocystoadenocarcinoma...But I don't see other diagnostic findings of SCAC in this pictures. Apocrine changes are strict, but they don't definitely oppose to a diagnosis of EMPSGC, considering an apocrine origine is admitted...waiting for other comments|

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Alex-Ventura-Leon

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Difficult. Apocrine Carcinoma is my first thought. Second, EMPSGC, and third Metastatic Carcinoma.

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Looks like some kind of in situ carcinoma first. But could it be that it's just a tubulopapillary hidradenoma?

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Uma Sundram

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Great comments, everyone! This was a difficult case. We first did our best to rule out a metastasis. The patient's clinical work up was negative and markers like CDX2 and TTF1 were also negative. p63 is positive for a myoepithelial layer. With apocrine differentiation, it's very difficult to use cytology to make a diagnosis of malignancy. We finally settled on 'apocrine tumor with atypical features' and recommended a re excision. Neuroendocrine markers were negative. The patient went to another institution where a diagnosis of in situ carcinoma was made, which points to how difficult the case is, and how variable expert opinions can be.

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Dr. Richard Carr

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Nice idea about mammary analogue secretary carcinoma.

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