Primary Cutaneous Apocrine Carcinoma of Sweat Glands: A Rare Case Report

Cutaneous apocrine gland carcinoma, a subtype of sweat gland carcinoma, is a very rare malignancy, and only few cases have been reported in the literature. Many of these carcinomas are indolent and slowly developing, but some are rapidly progressive. The treatment of choice is wide local excision wi...

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Autores principales: Vasilakaki, T., Skafida, E., Moustou, E., Grammatoglou, X., Arkoumani, E., Koulia, K., Tsavari, A., Delliou, E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2011
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Published: December, 2011
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3268524/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22291639
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000335244
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Sumario:Cutaneous apocrine gland carcinoma, a subtype of sweat gland carcinoma, is a very rare malignancy, and only few cases have been reported in the literature. Many of these carcinomas are indolent and slowly developing, but some are rapidly progressive. The treatment of choice is wide local excision with clear margins, with or without lymph node dissection. We report a case of a 67-year-old man who came to our hospital with an ulcerated nodule in the right axilla measuring 1 × 0.8 cm. Histological evaluation showed features of an apocrine gland carcinoma arising in an area of high apocrine gland density.

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