Local Recurrence Rates of Extramammary Paget Disease Are Lower After Mohs Micrographic Surgery Compared With Wide Local Excision: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Abstract

BACKGROUND 

Extramammary Paget disease (EMPD) is a rare, slow growing neoplasm that presents most commonly in the anogenital region of older adults.

OBJECTIVE 

To analyze the difference in local recurrence rates of EMPD in patients treated with wide local excision (WLE) versus Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS).

MATERIALS AND METHODS 

A systematic review of the literature and meta-analysis were performed. Inclusion criteria were adults greater than 18 years of age with a diagnosis of EMPD who have undergone surgical intervention and had follow-up data. Studies were independently reviewed by 2 coinvestigators with discrepancies resolved by the principal investigator.

RESULTS 

Twenty-seven studies met the inclusion criteria. Patients had a 2.67 times higher chance of local recurrence after WLE than MMS (95% confidence interval [CI]:1.47, 4.85; p = .001). Meta-analysis of single-arm studies revealed a 7.3% local recurrence rate after MMS (95% CI: 0.039, 0.107; p < .001) versus a 26.3% recurrence rate after WLE (95% CI: 0.149, 0.376; p < .001). After excluding recurrent tumors, the odds ratio for recurrence in WLE versus MMS was 2.3 (95% CI: 0.285, 18.43, p = .435).

CONCLUSION 

There is a clinically and statistically increased risk of local recurrence of EMPD after WLE compared with MMS.