Eccrine porocarcinoma: report of nine cases

JAL Orella, AV Peñalba, CC San Juan… - Dermatologic …, 1997 - journals.lww.com
JAL Orella, AV Peñalba, CC San Juan, RV Nadal, JC Morrondo, TT Alvarez
Dermatologic surgery, 1997journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND. Eccrine porocarcinoma is a rare malignancy of the eccrine sweat gland
and usually has a long-standing growth on a lower extremity. OBJECTIVE. The aim of this
revieiv was to analyze clinical and histopathological findings of eccrine porocarcinoma.
METHODS. We report nine cases of eccrine porocarcinoma tliat we have seen during last 10
years. RESULTS. Eccrine porocarcinoma affects elderly patients in both sexes and is
usually found on the lower extremities, hut in our review it is similar on the head. The mean …
BACKGROUND. Eccrine porocarcinoma is a rare malignancy of the eccrine sweat gland and usually has a long-standing growth on a lower extremity.
OBJECTIVE. The aim of this revieiv was to analyze clinical and histopathological findings of eccrine porocarcinoma. METHODS. We report nine cases of eccrine porocarcinoma tliat we have seen during last 10 years. RESULTS. Eccrine porocarcinoma affects elderly patients in both sexes and is usually found on the lower extremities, hut in our review it is similar on the head. The mean size loas 1.9 cm in our cases. Elective primary treatment was excision and we did not perform elective lymph node dissection. We Iwve not found evidence of metastases in arty of our cases.© 2 997 by the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery, Inc. Dermatol Surg 1997: 23: 925-928.
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