Cutaneous metastasis of breast adenoid cystic carcinoma to the scalp.

J Cutan Pathol

Department of Dermatology and Pathology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, and Iowa City VAMC, Iowa City, IA, USA.

Published: August 2016

Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) is a tumor that can be of primary cutaneous origin or secondary to metastatic disease, most commonly salivary origin. Aside from primary cutaneous and salivary types, ACC of the breast is a rare, more indolent variant. Cutaneous metastases secondary to breast ACC is exceedingly uncommon and not previously reported to our knowledge. We present the case of a 67-year-old woman who developed cutaneous metastasis from primary breast ACC.

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