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Eccrine porocarcinoma of the upper eyelid
Author(s) -
Kim Youngjin,
Scolyer Richard A,
Chia EeMunn,
Steven David,
Ghabrial Raf
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
australasian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.67
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1440-0960
pISSN - 0004-8380
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2005.00201.x
Subject(s) - medicine , eyelid , nodule (geology) , sweat gland , lesion , sebaceous carcinoma , incisional biopsy , biopsy , histopathological examination , foreign body , dermatology , pathology , physical examination , sweat , surgery , paleontology , biology
SUMMARY A 75‐year‐old Caucasian man presented with foreign‐body‐type irritation of the left eye. Physical examination revealed a 12 × 10‐mm nodule in his left upper eyelid, which reportedly had been present unchanged for more than 40 years. No other ophthalmological abnormalities were present. Incisional biopsy of the lesion revealed a malignant tumour that was thought to possibly represent a sebaceous carcinoma. However, a subsequent wide surgical excision showed that the tumour was an eccrine porocarcinoma, a rare sweat gland adenocarcinoma arising from the acrosyringium.