A rapidly growing eccrine poroma in a pregnant woman.
A variety of tumors develop or exacerbate during pregnancy and it is well known that a noticeable increase of eccrine activity occurs in this period. Eccrine poroma is a benign neoplasm that originates from the eccrine sweat gland. The development of this tumor during pregnancy is extremely infrequent. We report a rare case of rapidly growing eccrine poroma in an unusual location (the nose) in a pregnant woman.
Guimerá Martín-Neda
Francisco
F
Department of Dermatology, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, University of La Laguna, Spain. Fguimeramn@terra.es
García Bustínduy
Marta
M
Noda Cabrera
Antonio
A
Sánchez González
Rosalba
R
García Montelongo
Rafael
R
D018250:Acrospiroma / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000473:pathology*; D013544:Sweat Gland Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D013997:Time Factors