Hidradenocarcinoma eccrinale syringomatodes of the eyelid--case of a rare malignancy.
OBJECTIVE
Presentation of a case of very rare malignant tumor of eccrine sweat glands in the eyelid.


METHODS
A 44 years old man with a tumor of the upper left eyelid is presented.


CONCLUSIONS
Sweat gland carcinomas are rare malignant tumors of the skin adnexa. Diagnosis of these carcinomas is difficult due to their infrequency.
Karolina
Ziaja
Z
Department of Ophthalmology and Ocular Oncology Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.
Arkadiusz
Pogrzebielski
P
Jolanta
Orłowska-Heitzman
OH
Bozena
Romanowska-Dixon
RD
D004439:Eccrine Glands; D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D018251:Hidrocystoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D035583:Rare Diseases; D013544:Sweat Gland Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery