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Case Report

Pearls in the Pool: A Rare Case of Primary Mucinous Carcinoma of Eyelid

Sharjubala Khumanthem 
1   Department of Pathology, Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College affiliated to Sri Devaraj Urs Academy of Higher Education and Research, Tamaka, Kolar, Karnataka, India
,
Shilpa Manigatta Doddagowda
1   Department of Pathology, Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College affiliated to Sri Devaraj Urs Academy of Higher Education and Research, Tamaka, Kolar, Karnataka, India
,
Sneha Kulkarni
1   Department of Pathology, Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College affiliated to Sri Devaraj Urs Academy of Higher Education and Research, Tamaka, Kolar, Karnataka, India
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Abstract

Primary mucinous carcinoma of the eyelid is a low-grade neoplasm and a rare pathologic entity arising from the eccrine glands. We present here the case of 64-year-old man with a swelling in the eyelid, which was clinically diagnosed as a sebaceous cyst. However, histopathological examination later confirmed it as primary mucinous carcinoma.

Keywords

sebaceous cyst - mucinous adenocarcinoma - eccrine glands


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Article published online:
07 November 2024

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