Preferred Label : adenocarcinoma, sebaceous;
MeSH definition : A malignant tumor composed of cells showing differentiation toward sebaceous epithelium.
The tumor is solitary, firm, somewhat raised, more or less translucent, and covered
with normal or slightly verrucose epidermis. It may be yellow or orange. The face
and scalp are the commonest sites. The growth can be slow or rapid but metastasis
is uncommon. Surgery cures most of the cases. (From Rook et al., Textbook of Dermatology,
4th ed, pp2403-4);
MeSH synonym : adenocarcinomas, sebaceous; sebaceous adenocarcinomas; sebaceous adenocarcinoma;
MeSH annotation : /blood supply /chem /second /secret /ultrastruct permitted; coord IM with SEBACEOUS
GLAND NEOPLASMS (IM); coordinate with SEBACEOUS GLAND NEOPLASMS;
Origin ID : D018266;
UMLS CUI : C0206684;
Allowable qualifiers
- Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- DO Cross reference
- HPO term
- Record concept(s)
- SNOMED CT : localisation
- Semantic type(s)
- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
A malignant tumor composed of cells showing differentiation toward sebaceous epithelium.
The tumor is solitary, firm, somewhat raised, more or less translucent, and covered
with normal or slightly verrucose epidermis. It may be yellow or orange. The face
and scalp are the commonest sites. The growth can be slow or rapid but metastasis
is uncommon. Surgery cures most of the cases. (From Rook et al., Textbook of Dermatology,
4th ed, pp2403-4)
