[Eccrine carcinoma with mucinous stroma of the face].
BACKGROUND
We report a new case of eccrine carcinoma with mucinous stroma characterized by its voluminous exophytic growth.


METHODS
An 80-year-old patient was hospitalized for a voluminous vegetating tumor localized over the left temporal region and which had developed over the 10 preceding years. Wide exeresis was performed and histology confirmed the diagnosis of eccrine carcinoma. No locoregional recurrence was noted 18 months later.


CONCLUSIONS
Eccrine carcinoma with mucinous stroma, also termed eccrine mucinous adenocarcinoma, is a rare adnexal skin carcinoma usually localized on the face or scalp. Abundant zones of mucine are characteristic dissociating a dermal cell proliferation with ruban architecture. The volume of the tumor in our case was particularly remarkable although outcome was favorable after surgical treatment.
Periole
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Service de Dermatologie, Hôpital Purpan, Toulouse.
Gorguet
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Bazex
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D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004439:Eccrine Glands; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013544:Sweat Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery
Carcinoma eccrine à stroma mucineux de la face.