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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-11-7
pubmed:abstractText
The incidence, clinical features, histogenesis, and treatment of extramammary Paget's disease (EMPD) are reviewed. This unusual skin lesion is associated with an underlying adnexal neoplasm in about 50% of cases. Also, the incidence of distant organ malignancies of EMPD is higher than expected by chance. Even in the absence of a recognizable underlying cancer, EMPD may occasionally produce distant metastases, indicating the malignant potential of this condition. Histochemical, immunohistological, and lectin binding studies demonstrate that the cell of origin of EMPD is the exocrine cell of sweat glands. Although EMPD may arise from eccrine cells, derivation from apocrine cells appears more common. The treatment of the primary lesion, by wide margin excision, is fraught by a high recurrence rate. Chemosurgery may reduce local relapse of EMPD. The value of adjuvant radiation therapy is unestablished. Chemotherapy has induced remission in 2 cases of advanced EMPD and needs testing in clinical trials.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0735-7907
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
6
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
293-303
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Extramammary Paget's disease: an annotated review.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Hematology Oncology, Jackson VA Medical Center, Mississippi.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review