Two Cases of Metastatic Sebaceous Carcinoma

Abstract

A 76-year-old woman died three years after resection of a tumor on her neck. There was a metastasis to the brain and visceral organs. An 82-year-old woman had metastatic nodules on her neck, after two resections of a tumor or her left retroauricular region. In the 60 cases of sebaceous carcinoma reported in Japan, 30 had metastasis, 8 had reccurences and 16 died. From these studies as well as our own experience, we conclude that the prognosis of sebaceous carcinoma is poor, contrary to the study of Rulon et al, who found a relative benign prognosis of sebaceous carcinoma, as compared with Meibomian gland carcinoma.