A case of massive porocarcinoma

A case of massive porocarcinoma

A 53-year-old Cambodian woman presented with nodular masses on the right arm suggestive of a sarcoma-type malignancy. The masses were excised and identified as multiple benign eccrine poromas. The patient re-presented after two years with large relapsed tumours and axillary lymph node involvement. A...

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Published in:Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England Vol. 99; no. 8; pp. e230 - e232
Main Authors: Boam, T, Szczap, A, Mendes da Costa, T, Khirwadkar, N, Tho, L, Gollogly, J
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England BMJ Publishing Group LTD 01-11-2017
Royal College of Surgeons
Subjects:
Amputation
Amputation, Surgical
Disease
Eccrine Porocarcinoma - diagnosis
Eccrine Porocarcinoma - pathology
Eccrine Porocarcinoma - surgery
Female
Humans
Lymphatic system
Metastasis
Middle Aged
Online Case Report
Sarcoma
Sweat Gland Neoplasms - diagnosis
Sweat Gland Neoplasms - pathology
Sweat Gland Neoplasms - surgery
Tumors
Upper Extremity - pathology
Upper Extremity - surgery
Cambodia
United Kingdom > UK
Porocarcinoma
Sarcoma
Eccrine
Poroma
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Summary:A 53-year-old Cambodian woman presented with nodular masses on the right arm suggestive of a sarcoma-type malignancy. The masses were excised and identified as multiple benign eccrine poromas. The patient re-presented after two years with large relapsed tumours and axillary lymph node involvement. A forequarter amputation was undertaken. Histology confirmed the diagnosis of a porocarcinoma, which was likely to be due to malignant transformation of the original poromas. The size and multiplicity of the tumours represents a highly unusual presentation of these rare eccrine neoplasms.
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ISSN:0035-8843
1478-7083
DOI:10.1308/rcsann.2017.0153