Journal article
Unusual presentation of primary orbital microcystic adnexal carcinoma
Journal of neuro-ophthalmology, Vol.31(2), pp.147-150
06/2011
DOI: 10.1097/WNO.0b013e31820aff28
PMCID: PMC4612565
PMID: 21368669
Abstract
Microcystic adnexal carcinoma (MAC) is a rare and locally aggressive malignancy that occurs on the face, can invade deep tissue, and can rarely invade the orbit via perineural spread. It has been reported most often in the form of a cutaneous lesion. Although there have been 3 prior case reports of an orbital presentation of MAC, all have been from undiagnosed cutaneous or subcutaneous lesions. We report a rare case of a primary orbital MAC in a 39-year-old healthy woman who presented with progressive diplopia and enophthalmos without evidence of any cutaneous or subcutaneous lesions.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Unusual presentation of primary orbital microcystic adnexal carcinoma
- Creators
- Wen Ying Wu-Chen - Division of Neuro-Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USAChristina Y WengK D A RajanCharles EberhartNeil R Miller
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of neuro-ophthalmology, Vol.31(2), pp.147-150
- DOI
- 10.1097/WNO.0b013e31820aff28
- PMID
- 21368669
- PMCID
- PMC4612565
- NLM abbreviation
- J Neuroophthalmol
- ISSN
- 1070-8022
- eISSN
- 1536-5166
- Publisher
- United States
- Grant note
- P30 CA006973 / NCI NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/2011
- Academic Unit
- Pathology
- Record Identifier
- 9984047717102771
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