title: [Lung neoplasms revealing a rare cutaneous tumor: eccrine porocarcinoma].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Eccrine sweat gland carcinoma, which belongs to the eccrine sweat gland carcinoma family, is a rare malignancy of the skin with a potential aggressive growth and metastatic spread.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report here a case of malignant eccrine poroma arising on the upper leg, with widespread pulmonary metastases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A brief synopsis of the pathological and clinical aspects of eccrine sweat gland carcinoma is presented with the currently available therapies.
authors.affiliation: Service de médecine interne, hôpital Cochin, Paris, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Permal
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chemal
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dhote
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Palangie
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Christoforov
mesh_terms: D018250:Acrospiroma / Q000473:pathology*; D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000556:secondary*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004439:Eccrine Glands / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D011379:Prognosis; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D013544:Sweat Gland Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*