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Eruptive poromatosis in a patient with breast cancer
Author(s) -
Lim Tien Ming,
Weir Justin,
Fearfield Louise
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of cutaneous pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1600-0560
pISSN - 0303-6987
DOI - 10.1111/cup.13287
Subject(s) - pathology , medicine , breast cancer , duct (anatomy) , epidermis (zoology) , sweat , radiation therapy , cancer , sweat gland , anatomy
Poromas are a group of benign growths of poroid differentiation derived from cells of the terminal sweat duct and connected to the epidermis, normally presenting as solitary papules, plaques or nodules. Rarely they can be eruptive in nature and as such are described as poromatosis. We report an unusual case of widespread poromatosis occurring in a woman with metastatic breast cancer who had recently completed chemo‐radiotherapy.