[Multiple recurrent eccrine porocarcinoma with inguinal metastasis. A case report] - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 2016 Jan-Feb;84(1):73-6.

doi: 10.1016/j.circir.2015.06.018. Epub 2015 Aug 1.

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[Multiple recurrent eccrine porocarcinoma with inguinal metastasis. A case report]

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Aida Acosta-Arencibia et al. Cir Cir. 2016 Jan-Feb.

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Abstract

Background: Eccrine porocarcinoma, first described in 1963, is a rare malignant lesion arising from the eccrine sweat glands. It is usually a primary tumour, or even more common, a malignant degeneration of an eccrine poroma. It usually affects older persons and is located most commonly on the lower extremities. About 20% of eccrine porocarcinoma will recur after treatment. The treatment is wide local excision of the primary lesion. This uncommon skin tumour has a locally aggressive behaviour and a high recurrence rate.

Clinical case: An 82 year-old man presenting with multiple recurrent eccrine porocarcinoma with inguinal metastasis. The treatment was a radical excision and inguinal lymphadenectomy. There were no postoperative complications, but there was local recurrence after six months.

Conclusion: Early diagnosis and wide excision is the best way to achieve a good prognosis, due to the aggressiveness of this tumour.

Keywords: Linfadenectomía; Lymphadenectomy; Porocarcinoma; Recurrent; Recurrente.

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