title: Eccrine porocarcinoma.
abstract: Eccrine Porocarcinoma (EPC) is an important and often overlooked differential diagnosis for the more common Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC). Thus, it is important for clinicians to recognize it and formulate treatment accordingly. A case report typifying the pitfalls in the diagnosis of this neoplasm in relation to SCC is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Leeds University, Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Forouzanfar
authors.forename: M U
authors.initials: MU
authors.lastname: Anwar
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Al Ghazal
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001706:Biopsy; D002081:Buttocks / Q000473:pathology; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018396:Mucin-1; D018307:Neoplasms, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis; D010503:Periodic Acid-Schiff Reaction; D013544:Sweat Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D018396:Mucin-1