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Sebaceous carcinoma of the nipple.

Cibull TL, Thomas AB, Badve S, Billings SD

IUMC Clarian Pathology Laboratory 350 West 11th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA. tcibull@iupui.edu

Sebaceous carcinoma (SC) is an uncommon neoplasm that usually presents as an ocular or extraocular cutaneous lesion of the head and neck. We report a case of an 83-year-old woman with SC of the nipple. To our knowledge, this is the first report of SC arising in the nipple.

Published 9 May 2008 in J Cutan Pathol, 35(6): 608-10.
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