Metastasizing porocarcinoma of the head with lethal outcome.
Porocarcinoma is a very rare malignant tumor arising from the duct of eccrine sweat glands. Its prognosis is variable. We report on a patient who developed lymph node and multiple distant metastases, and who died of this malignancy only 6 months after the initial diagnosis.
Grimme
H
H
Department of Dermatology, University of Freiburg, Germany.
Petres
A
A
Bergen
E
E
Wiemers
S
S
Schöpf
E
E
Vanscheidt
W
W
D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D018250:Acrospiroma / Q000473:pathology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012535:Scalp; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D013544:Sweat Gland Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*