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Sebaceous Gland Carcinoma: Overview

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Synonyms

Sebaceous carcinoma of the eyelid; Sebaceous cell carcinoma

Definition

Rare, aggressive, malignant neoplasm arising from sebaceous glands of the skin adnexa

Epidemiology

In the United States, SGC is the fourth most common eyelid tumor after basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and melanoma, and it represents approximately 5 % (2–7 %) of eyelid malignancies. In Asian countries like India and China, where basal cell carcinoma is less common, SGC represents about a third to a half of all malignant eyelid neoplasms.

SGC typically occurs in the sixth or seventh decade of life, with a wide age range from early childhood through the 90s. There is a predilection for women – more than one half up to three-fourths of cases occurs in women without any clear explanation for the preponderance (Niederhuber et al. 2013; Shields and Shields 2008).

Etiology

The etiology is not entirely known. Though sebaceous gland carcinoma (SGC) is more common in elderly patients, it has been...

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Albert Einstein College of Medicine – Montefiore Medical Center, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, NY, 10467, USA

    Gowtham Jonna & Matthew S. J. Katz

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  1. Dept of Ophthal & Optometry,AKH, Medical University of Wien Dept of Ophthal & Optometry,AKH, Wien, Austria

    Ursula Schmidt-Erfurth

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main Department of Ophthalmology, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    Thomas Kohnen

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Jonna, G., Katz, M.S.J. (2014). Sebaceous Gland Carcinoma: Overview. In: Schmidt-Erfurth, U., Kohnen, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Ophthalmology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35951-4_704-1

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