title: [Adenocarcinoma of an eccrine sweat gland--the diagnostic problems].
abstract: Eccrine adenocarcinomas rarely present a clinical aspect that suggests a malignancy. We present a case of an adenocarcinoma of an eccrine sweat gland with a moderate degree of differentiation associated with a verruca vulgaris (papilloma). The verrucous tissue contained a large number of melanocytes giving the macroscopical aspect of a malignant melanoma. The light microscopy elucidated the problems of diagnosis. The immunological status may be responsible for this association between a benign tumour of the epidermis with a viral histogenesis and the carcinoma of an eccrine sweat gland.
authors.affiliation: Disciplina de Histologie, Facultatea de Medicină, Universitatea de Medicină şi Farmacie Gr. T. Popa, Iaşi.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Amălinei
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cotuţiu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bădescu
authors.forename: I C
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Luca
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D013544:Sweat Gland Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D013545:Sweat Glands / Q000473:pathology; D014860:Warts / Q000473:pathology