Primary Cutaneous Apocrine Carcinoma of Sweat Glands:A Rare Case Report

Cutaneous apocrine gland carcinoma, a subtype of sweat gland carcinoma, is a very rare malignancy, and only few cases have been reported in the literature. Many of these carcinomas are indolent and slowly developing, but some are rapidly progressive. The treatment of choice is wide local excision wi...

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Veröffentlicht in:Case reports in oncology 2011-12, Vol.4 (3), p.597-601
Hauptverfasser: Vasilakaki, T., Skafida, E., Moustou, E., Grammatoglou, X., Arkoumani, E., Koulia, K., Tsavari, A., Delliou, E.
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Zusammenfassung:Cutaneous apocrine gland carcinoma, a subtype of sweat gland carcinoma, is a very rare malignancy, and only few cases have been reported in the literature. Many of these carcinomas are indolent and slowly developing, but some are rapidly progressive. The treatment of choice is wide local excision with clear margins, with or without lymph node dissection. We report a case of a 67-year-old man who came to our hospital with an ulcerated nodule in the right axilla measuring 1 × 0.8 cm. Histological evaluation showed features of an apocrine gland carcinoma arising in an area of high apocrine gland density.
ISSN:1662-6575
1662-6575
DOI:10.1159/000335244