Case Report and Review of Eccrine Porocarcinoma in Skin of Color

Skin cancers are often misdiagnosed or diagnosed late in skin of color (Fitzpatrick types 4-6) resulting increased morbidity and mortality. Rare such as Eccrine Porocarcinoma (EPC), which accounts for 0.005% to 0.01% all epidermal neoplasms, even less likely be accurately color. is Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC), melanoma, seborrheic keratosis. The paucity case reports EPC adds the challenge achieving accurate, timely diagnosis treatment this patient population. purpose research review documented color, highlighting salient clinical histopathological characteristics EPC, describe an additional that was initially Our search combined “eccrine porocarcinoma” one following terms: “ethnic skin”, “skin color”, “black”, “dark “African American”, “Indian”, “Native “Asian”, “Hispanic”, “Indigenous Peoples”, “Middle Eastern” —as these tend correspond with Fitzpatrick IV – VI types. Google scholar, PubMed, Ovid MedLine Databases were used articles. Case ranging from 1994 present day included analysis.