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Eccrine Porocarcinoma of the Chest Wall

Eccrine porocarcinoma is a rare malignant tumor of skin sweat glands. It accounts for 0.005% of cutaneous tumors. It may present in a myriad of ways ranging from indolent swellings to aggressive tumors with metastasis. Notably, it is difficult to diagnose clinically. Histopathology is necessary and...

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Autores principales: Kangabam, Boris, Kamei, Ramthaipou
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9339379/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35923493
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.26510
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description Eccrine porocarcinoma is a rare malignant tumor of skin sweat glands. It accounts for 0.005% of cutaneous tumors. It may present in a myriad of ways ranging from indolent swellings to aggressive tumors with metastasis. Notably, it is difficult to diagnose clinically. Histopathology is necessary and the pathologist often makes the diagnosis. Early intervention can lead to a curative outcome. We present a case of a 65-year-old man who presented with painless swelling in the upper back. Wide local excision was done with rhomboid flap reconstruction. The diagnosis was made postoperatively on histopathology examination. After 10 months of follow-up, there was no sign of recurrence.
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spelling pubmed-93393792022-08-02 Eccrine Porocarcinoma of the Chest Wall Kangabam, Boris Kamei, Ramthaipou Cureus Dermatology Eccrine porocarcinoma is a rare malignant tumor of skin sweat glands. It accounts for 0.005% of cutaneous tumors. It may present in a myriad of ways ranging from indolent swellings to aggressive tumors with metastasis. Notably, it is difficult to diagnose clinically. Histopathology is necessary and the pathologist often makes the diagnosis. Early intervention can lead to a curative outcome. We present a case of a 65-year-old man who presented with painless swelling in the upper back. Wide local excision was done with rhomboid flap reconstruction. The diagnosis was made postoperatively on histopathology examination. After 10 months of follow-up, there was no sign of recurrence. Cureus 2022-07-02 /pmc/articles/PMC9339379/ /pubmed/35923493 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.26510 Text en Copyright © 2022, Kangabam et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Dermatology
Kangabam, Boris
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title_short Eccrine Porocarcinoma of the Chest Wall
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9339379/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35923493
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