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Adnexol Carcinoma- What Would Happen if Left Untreated?

asked 3 months ago by Arianna D. in Wake Forest, NC
Latest answer by F. Victor Rueckl, MD
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Tags: basal cell carcinoma, expectation, risk, treatment

It seems as though everyone on this forum has BCC; I had Mohs for adnexol carcinoma. It was very traumatic, and I am extremely self-conscious of the scar. I had the little lump on my face for 14 years, and nobody had diagnosed it! What would have happened if I had just left it there? I understand that it is very slow growing. Will I have more? I don't want to go through this again.

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Microcystic adnexal carcinoma and Mohs

Microcystic adnexal carcinoma is a relatively rare skin cancer that is often invasive and extensive and that is frequently accompanied by perineural invasion, which refers to cancer spreading to the space surrounding a nerve. If you had left it untreated, most likely the roots of the cancer would have spread into deeper layers - it could have looked small and the same on the surface, but very large, deep, and extensive underneath. Additionally, the type of cancer you had could have gone into... more
F. Victor Rueckl, MD

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