Microcystic Adnexal Carcinoma Treated by Microscopically Controlled Excision

Abstract

Microcystic adnexal carcinoma is a distinct clinicopathologic entity with combined pilar and eccrine differentiation. Clinically it resembles other adnexal neoplasms, but it tends to be deeply invasive and locally aggressive. A 47-year-old man with microcystic adnexal carcinoma of the left cheek with deep dermal and subcutaneous invasion was successfully treated by microscopically controlled excision. The possible etiologic association with teenage radiation therapy is discussed.