title: Porocarcinoma: a rare sweat gland malignancy.
abstract: Eccrine Porocarcinoma (ECP) is a malignant tumour arising from the intraepithelial ductal parts of the sweat gland. It has also been described as malignant hidroacanthoma simplex, sweat gland carcinoma, malignant intra-epidermal eccrine poroma, eccrine poroepithelioma, dysplastic poroma, malignant syringo acanthoma and porocarcinoma. Treatment with wide local excision but metastatic lesions can be treated with chemotherapy. Here, we present a case report of 52 years old male who presented with a fungating growth on left pre-auricular region that came out to be a case of ECP on histopathological examination.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiotherapy, NORI Hospital, Islamabad. quaidian@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Asghar H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Asghar
authors.forename: Humera
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mahmood
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Faheem
authors.forename: Sadia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rizvi
authors.forename: Khursheed A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: Javaid
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Irfan
mesh_terms: D018250:Acrospiroma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013544:Sweat Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D004317:Doxorubicin; D002945:Cisplatin