Squamous cell carcinoma admixed with sebaceous carcinoma of upper lip in a 7-year-old female

Abstract

Non-melanoma skin cancer in the pediatric population is an uncommon entity and its occurrence must prompt evaluation for underlying risk factors or genetic predisposition. We present a rare case of a 7-year-old female who presented with a rapidly growing, ulcerated, exophytic lesion to the philtrum of the cutaneous upper lip. She underwent wide local excision with intra-operative frozen sections, final pathology showed moderately differentiated squamous cell carcinoma with a 15–20% component of sebaceous carcinoma. She has subsequently been evaluated by genetics with no identifiable predisposing condition and remains free from recurrence.

Keywords

• Pediatric
• Squamous cell carcinoma
• Sebaceous carcinoma
• Oncology
• Pathology