Porocarcinoma: a rare sweat gland malignancy.

نویسندگان

  • Asghar H Asghar
  • Humera Mahmood
  • Mohammad Faheem
  • Sadia Rizvi
  • Khursheed A Khan
  • Javaid Irfan
چکیده

Eccrine Porocarcinoma (ECP) is a malignant tumour arising from the intraepithelial ductal parts of the sweat gland. It has also been described as malignant hidroacanthoma simplex, sweat gland carcinoma, malignant intra-epidermal eccrine poroma, eccrine poroepithelioma, dysplastic poroma, malignant syringo acanthoma and porocarcinoma. Treatment with wide local excision but metastatic lesions can be treated with chemotherapy. Here, we present a case report of 52 years old male who presented with a fungating growth on left pre-auricular region that came out to be a case of ECP on histopathological examination.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP

دوره 19 6  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2009