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Vulvar Neoplasm of Skin Appendage Origin

MedGen UID:
311491
•Concept ID:
C1520101
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonym: Vulvar Tumor of Skin Appendage Origin

Definition

A benign or malignant vulvar neoplasm with differentiating characteristics towards sweat or sebaceous glands or hair follicles. Representative examples include trichoepithelioma, syringoma, and eccrine adenocarcinoma. [from NCI]

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Vulvar Paget disease of urothelial origin: a report of three cases and a proposed classification of vulvar Paget disease.
Wilkinson EJ, Brown HM
Hum Pathol 2002 May;33(5):549-54. doi: 10.1053/hupa.2002.124788. PMID: 12094382

Diagnosis

Mammary and extramammary Paget's disease.
Lopes Filho LL, Lopes IM, Lopes LR, Enokihara MM, Michalany AO, Matsunaga N
An Bras Dermatol 2015 Mar-Apr;90(2):225-31. doi: 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20153189. PMID: 25830993Free PMC Article
Vulvar Paget disease of urothelial origin: a report of three cases and a proposed classification of vulvar Paget disease.
Wilkinson EJ, Brown HM
Hum Pathol 2002 May;33(5):549-54. doi: 10.1053/hupa.2002.124788. PMID: 12094382
Trichoepithelioma of the vulva. A report of two cases.
Cho D, Woodruff JD
J Reprod Med 1988 Mar;33(3):317-9. PMID: 3361524

Therapy

Cytokeratin Profile of Basal Cell Carcinomas According to the Degree of Sun Exposure and to the Anatomical Localization.
García-de-la-Fuente MR, Santacana M, Valls J, Vilardell F, Fernández Armenteros JM, Pujol R, Gari E, Casanova JM
Am J Dermatopathol 2018 May;40(5):342-348. doi: 10.1097/DAD.0000000000001042. PMID: 29135512Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Mammary and extramammary Paget's disease.
Lopes Filho LL, Lopes IM, Lopes LR, Enokihara MM, Michalany AO, Matsunaga N
An Bras Dermatol 2015 Mar-Apr;90(2):225-31. doi: 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20153189. PMID: 25830993Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Cytokeratin Profile of Basal Cell Carcinomas According to the Degree of Sun Exposure and to the Anatomical Localization.
García-de-la-Fuente MR, Santacana M, Valls J, Vilardell F, Fernández Armenteros JM, Pujol R, Gari E, Casanova JM
Am J Dermatopathol 2018 May;40(5):342-348. doi: 10.1097/DAD.0000000000001042. PMID: 29135512Free PMC Article

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