Metastatic Eccrine Porocarcinoma with Indolent Clinical Course
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Successful Management of Metastatic Eccrine Porocarcinoma
Eccrine porocarcinoma (EPC) is a rare tumor. It develops from the intraepidermal ductal portion of the eccrine sweat gland. Metastatic disease is rare. We report a new case of metastatic eccrine porocarcinoma with a successful management and a good response to docetaxel. A 54-year-old man was admitted with a mass in the breast. Biopsy specimen found carcinomatous tumor proliferation with large ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Oncologica Turcica
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0304-596X,2148-7669
DOI: 10.5505/aot.2012.40085