Sweat gland carcinoma with multiple local recurrences: a case report.
We report a case of primary, high grade sweat gland carcinoma, a rare tumor, occurring in the skin of the left axilla. The patient, a 54-year-old man, was treated with wide surgical excision and lymph node dissection; he had developed metastatic deposits in one regional lymph node. The neoplasm relapsed locally thrice in a period of 10 years; however, distant metastases were not found. The differential diagnosis of sweat gland tumors is discussed in the present article.
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Department of Propaedeutic Surgery, "Hippokrateion" General Hospital of Athens, Athens, GR-10676, GREECE. alazaris@cc.uoa.gr.
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Papadimitriou
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D001365:Axilla / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery