Treatment of eccrine porocarcinoma with metastasis to the parotid gland using intensity-modulated radiation therapy: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Cutaneous eccrine porocarcinomas are uncommon malignant tumors of the sweat gland. CASE PRESENTATION: A 76-year-old Caucasian man presented to our hospital with a left temporal mass. We describe a case of eccrine porocarcinoma with metastasis to the parotid gland with special emphasis...

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Autores principales: Zeidan, Youssef H, Zauls, A Jason, Bilic, Masha, Lentsch, Eric J, Sharma, Anand K
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Case report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2890019/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20492705
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-4-147
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Sumario:INTRODUCTION: Cutaneous eccrine porocarcinomas are uncommon malignant tumors of the sweat gland. CASE PRESENTATION: A 76-year-old Caucasian man presented to our hospital with a left temporal mass. We describe a case of eccrine porocarcinoma with metastasis to the parotid gland with special emphasis on the role of surgical resection and adjuvant radiation therapy. CONCLUSION: Besides surgical resection, little is known about the role of adjuvant therapy in managing eccrine porocarcinomas. Radiation therapy should be considered within a multidisciplinary approach in patients with primary or recurrent eccrine porocarcinomas.

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