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Sclerosing ductal carcinoma of the clitoris with microcystic adnexal carcinoma‐like features
Author(s) -
DuPont Nefertiti C.,
Mabuchi Seiji,
Ries Savita,
Berman Michael L.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of cutaneous pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1600-0560
pISSN - 0303-6987
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2008.01044.x
Subject(s) - medicine , clitoris , vulva , carcinoma , pathology , vulvar carcinoma , clear cell carcinoma , surgery
Primary clitoral malignancies are rare and most are invasive squamous cell carcinomas. Microcystic adnexal carcinoma (MAC) is an indolent, rare dermatologic carcinoma that typically affects the head and neck region. A 23‐year‐old nulligravid Hispanic female presented with a 9‐month history of an enlarging periclitoral mass. After surgical resection, the mass was diagnosed as a MAC. MAC is a cutaneous carcinoma rarely found on the vulva. It is a slow growing but locally aggressive carcinoma that is best treated with surgical resection. Sclerosing ductal carcinomas may have MAC‐like features, and the diagnosis and management of one case is provided here.