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Case Reports
. 2015 Mar 19;1(2):85-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2015.02.002. eCollection 2015 Mar.

Primary cutaneous mucinous carcinoma of the eyelid treated with Mohs surgery

Afton Chavez  1 , Konstantinos Linos  2 , Faramarz H Samie  3
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Case Reports

Primary cutaneous mucinous carcinoma of the eyelid treated with Mohs surgery

Afton Chavez et al. JAAD Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: MMS, Mohs micrographic surgery; Mohs; PCMC, Primary mucinous carcinoma; eyelid tumors; mucinous carcinoma; skin cancer.

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Fig 1
Fig 1
Clinical presentation of primary cutaneous mucinous carcinoma of the right upper eyelid before (A) and after (B) treatment with 4 stages of Mohs micrographic surgery.
Fig 2
Fig 2
Primary cutaneous mucinous carcinoma with islands of bland basaloid cells arranged around ducts, floating in a pool of mucin surrounded by fibrous septae seen with hematoxylin-eosin stain on frozen section under low power (A) and high power (B).
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