title: Eccrine porocarcinoma arising in two African American patients: distinct presentations both treated with Mohs micrographic surgery.
abstract: Abstract Background Eccrine porocarcinoma (EPC) is a rare, malignant adnexal tumor that has been reported only three times specifically in African American individuals. Diagnosis and treatment of EPC is important, given the 20% local recurrence and regional metastatic rates. However, no standard of care has been developed to guide effective treatment. Methods We report two distinct clinical presentations of EPC, both in African Americans, and discuss a review of the literature. Results The neoplasms were successfully removed from both patients by Mohs micrographic surgery. Conclusions These two cases illustrate that EPC can have a variety of presentations and can occur in African Americans. Although there is no standard of care for treating EPC, Mohs is becoming a common technique of removing these lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
authors.forename: Alissa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cowden
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dans
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Militello
authors.forename: Jacqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Junkins-Hopkins
authors.forename: Abby S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Van Voorhees
mesh_terms: D018250:Acrospiroma / Q000208:ethnology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D001415:Back; D044383:Black People; D005260:Female; D006365:Heel; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015580:Mohs Surgery; D013544:Sweat Gland Neoplasms / Q000208:ethnology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D001741:Black or African American