A possible case of eccrine poroma arising in seborrheic keratosis with partial intermediate malignancy and tumor of the follicular infundibulum.
An eighty-year-old woman presented with a eccrine poroma that appeared to have arisen in a seborrheic keratosis lesion on the right side of her abdomen. The tumor consisted of a brownish, flat, elevated lesion with an eroded nodule at its periphery. Histopathological analysis of the flat, elevated lesion revealed benign basaloid and squamoid cells that showed acanthotic upward proliferation, suggesting a seborrheic keratosis. The eroded nodule showed irregular proliferation of slight atypical squamoid cells with, in parts, ductal structures in the upper dermis, suggesting that it was an eccrine poroma with partial intermediate malignancy. In addition to the eroded nodule, an occult tumor clinically accompanied the seborrheic keratosis. Histopathology of the occult tumor revealed fenestrated columns and cords of pale epithelial cells attached to the base of the seborrheic keratosis lesion, which was diagnosed as a tumor of the follicular infundibulum. Although reports of seborrheic keratosis transforming into a sweat gland tumor are rare, the present case suggests that seborrheic keratosis may develop into benign or malignant adnexal tumors, including sweat gland and follicular tumors. Thus, seborrheic keratosis should be considered as a possible precursor of adnexal tumor.
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Department of Dermatology, Iwate Medical University, School of Medicine, Morioka, Japan.
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000473:pathology; D004439:Eccrine Glands / Q000473:pathology*; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017492:Keratosis, Seborrheic / Q000473:pathology*; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D013544:Sweat Gland Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology