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Scrotal Extramammary Paget's Disease in an Elderly Caucasian Male. | LitMetric

Scrotal Extramammary Paget's Disease in an Elderly Caucasian Male.

Cureus

Family Medicine, Sentara Halifax Family Medicine, South Boston, USA.

Published: September 2022

AI Article Synopsis

  • Extramammary Paget's disease (EMPD) is a rare skin cancer that typically affects areas with many apocrine glands, like the vulva, perineum, axilla, scrotum, and penile regions, and can present with symptoms ranging from no discomfort to burning and itching.
  • A case study describes a patient with a pruritic scrotal lesion misdiagnosed and initially treated as a fungal infection, but a biopsy later confirmed EMPD.
  • There’s no standard treatment for EMPD, but Mohs micrographic surgery is preferred due to lower recurrence rates, and early diagnosis offers an 87% five-year survival rate.

Article Abstract

Extramammary Paget's disease (EMPD) is a rare dermatologic malignancy affecting regions with a dense population of apocrine glands within the intraepithelial tissue, including the vulva, perineum, axilla, scrotum, and penile regions. Clinical presentation varies from being asymptomatic to burning, painful, and pruritic lesions. As a result, it could be misdiagnosed for other dermatologic diseases. Our case report discloses a patient with an erythematous pruritic lesion that was initially treated with topical antifungal therapy. After failed treatment, a biopsy revealed EMPD of the scrotum. With no standard guidelines in the treatment of EMPD, there are different treatment modalities for the disease. Mohs micrographic surgery currently is the preferred treatment modality presenting with the lowest rates of recurrence. With early diagnosis and treatment, the five-year survival rate for patients with primary EMPD is 87%. Therefore, there should be a high level of clinical suspicion for EMPD in patients presenting with pruritic lesions in areas with apocrine glands that have failed initial medical treatment.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9588197PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.29486DOI Listing

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