Recurrent polymorphous sweat gland carcinoma of the skin.
Polymorphous sweat gland carcinoma is an unusual, recently described variant of low-grade malignant adnexal neoplasm of the skin characterized by a prolonged clinical course and predilection for the extremities. We describe a case of recurrent polymorphous sweat gland carcinoma in a 56-year-old man who presented with multiple large skin nodules distributed along the flexor surface of his left arm. The lesions were treated by surgical excision; multiple local recurrences, as well as the development of new lesions, were observed over a period of 5 years. No distant metastases have been observed so far. The clinical differential diagnosis and management of these unusual lesions are discussed.
Ronnen
Meyer
M
Department of Dermatology, Barzilai Medical Center, Ashkelon, Israel.
Ben-Dor
David
D
Huszar
Monika
M
D001132:Arm; D018280:Carcinoma, Skin Appendage / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013544:Sweat Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery