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Eccrine Porocarcinoma
Author(s) -
GSCHNAIT F.,
HORN F.,
LINDLBAUER R.,
SPONER D.
Publication year - 1980
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/j.1600-0560.1980.tb01208.x
Subject(s) - dermis , pathology , eccrine sweat , epidermis (zoology) , differential diagnosis , eccrine sweat gland , medicine , sweat gland , sweat , anatomy
Eccrine porocarcinoma is an extremely rare malignant skin tumor arising from the eccrine sweat duct unit (acrosyringium). It presents histologically with nests of clear tumor cells in the epidermis and superficial dermis. In addition such clear tumor cells lie isolated high up in the epidermis, closely resembling Paget cells. The various tumors, which may originate from the acrosyringium and the histologic differential diagnosis of eccrine porocarcinoma are discussed.