title: Malignant eccrine tumor--a case report and a classification of tumors of eccrine sweat apparatus.
abstract: A case of malignant eccrine tumor and its histological findings were reported. In this case, we considered basal cell carcinoma or malignant melanoma clinically; however, the histological features matched those of malignant eccrine tumor. It has been said that it is very difficult to determine the origin of tumors of sweat apparatus; to contribute to this ongoing dialogue, the classification of tumors of eccrine sweat apparatus was also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, First Hospital of Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Imai
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishihara
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hoshi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012535:Scalp; D013544:Sweat Gland Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013545:Sweat Glands / Q000648:ultrastructure