Background: Lesions of primary mucinous carcinoma of the skin present as painless, papular or nodular masses with sizes ranging from 5 mm to 120 mm. Metastatic deposits from undiagnosed visceral and breast adenocarcinoma are virtually indistinguishable microscopically from sweat gland carcinoma and must be considered before a diagnosis of sweat gland carcinoma is made.
Case: A 60-year-old woman presenting with a swelling over the scalp of 1 year's duration was clinically diagnosed to have a sebaceous cyst.
Indian J Pathol Microbiol
April 2007
A 45-year-old woman presented with a mass in the right hypochondrium and shortness of breath. The mass was felt up to 4.5 inches below the right costal margin and its dullness on percussion was continuous with liver dullness.
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