Abstract
Sebaceous neoplasms occur sporadically or in the setting of Muir-Torre syndrome. The data regarding the correlation of pathologic features and DNA mismatch repair (MMR) staining pattern in sebaceous tumors of the skin are very scanty and based on relatively small series of patients. The goal of this study was to correlate MMR staining pattern with selected morphological features in a series of 145 sebaceous neoplasms (sebaceous adenoma, sebaceoma, and extraocular sebaceous carcinoma) from 136 patients. Cystic change, intratumoral mucin deposits, squamous metaplasia in the absence of keratoacanthoma-like changes, ulceration, intratumoral and peritumoral lymphocytes (in cases without epidermal ulceration), and intertumoral heterogeneity proved to be significantly associated with MMR deficiency. Identification of any of these changes, alone or in combination, should prompt further investigation of the patient to exclude Muir-Torre Syndrome. Our study also confirms the previously published observation that the diagnosis and tumor location are significantly associated with MMR deficiency.
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