Fine-needle aspiration cytology of metastatic eccrine porocarcinoma
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Fine-needle aspiration cytology of metastatic eccrine porocarcinoma.
Eccrine porocarcinoma (EP), although rare, is widely recognized as the most common malignant sweat gland tumor. EP typically grows slowly and usually is cured by surgical excision with clear margins. An elevated mortality rate, however, is observed when regional lymph nodes are involved. We herein describe cytohistologic findings in a case of metastatic EP. An 86-year-old man with a history of ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Diagnostic Cytopathology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 8755-1039,1097-0339
DOI: 10.1002/dc.21099