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Carcinoma arising in eccrine spiradenoma
Author(s) -
Evans Harry L.,
Daniel Su W. P.,
Smith J. Leslie,
Winkelmann R. K.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197905)43:5<1881::aid-cncr2820430543>3.0.co;2-c
Subject(s) - medicine , carcinoma , nodule (geology) , lymph node metastasis , pathology , metastasis , histopathological examination , cancer , paleontology , biology
Two patients had carcinoma arising in eccrine spiradenoma. In both patients, recent changes in a long‐standing cutaneous nodule prompted excision, and microscopic examination disclosed carcinoma intimately associated with and apparently arising from typical benign eccrine spiradenoma. One patient had lymph node metastasis.