Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research (Jun 2014)

Extraocular Sebaceous Carcinoma on the Chest Wall – A Case Report

  • Raghuveer MN,
  • Diwakar SR,
  • Thulasi Vasudevaiah,
  • K Manjunath Shenoy

DOI
https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2014/8762.4452
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 6
pp. ND05 – ND07

Abstract

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Sebaceous carcinoma is a rare aggressive skin cancer derived from the epithelium of sebaceous glands. Sebaceous carcinomas are generally divided as ocular or extraocular locations. Very few cases of extra ocular sebaceous carcinomas have been reported till date. Among them only six cases were reported which were on the chest wall. We are hereby reporting the seventh case of sebaceous carcinoma on the chest wall. The disease exhibits diverse clinical presentations and histologic patterns, often resulting in a delay in an accurate diagnosis as it may mimic many other cutaneous malignancies like Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberance Basal Cell Carcinoma or Squamous Cell Carcinoma. High degree of suspicion is required and sebaceous carcinoma should be considered as one of the differential diagnosis for an ulceroproliferative growth on the skin.

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