• Affects apocrine-gland skin - genital, perianal skin, axillary
  • High grade; 60% survival at 10 years
  • Primary - arises as CIS
  • Secondary - direct spread from nearby underlying malignancy (eg prostate or rectal or cervical cancer), (about 20-30%)
    • Whereas Paget's of the breast is 100% associated with underlying ductal malignancy

Well-demarcated erythematous plaque

  • Wide local excision (2cm margin?) high rate of recurrence. May have skip lesions/multifocal lesions, difficult to get negative margins.
  • Mohs microsurgery
  • Non-surgical - imiquimod 5% cream, laser therapy
author: last edited: Aug. 28, 2020, 1:39 p.m. | pk: 182 | unpublished