Sweat gland tumor with glandular and spindle cell features.
We studied a sweat gland tumor by light and electron microscopy that displayed both well-differentiated glandular areas and an anaplastic spindle cell component suggestive of neuroendocrine differentiation. The Merkel cell or a primitive pleuropotential cell is considered to be the most likely cell of origin for this tumor.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D012867:Skin / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013544:Sweat Gland Neoplasms / Q000648:ultrastructure*