title: Primary apocrine carcinoma of scalp: report of primary scalp cutaneous apocrine carcinoma indistinguishable from cutaneous metastasis of breast carcinoma.
abstract: Cutaneous apocrine carcinoma (CAC) is a rare adnexal tumor. Its histological diagnosis criteria are not standardized, and it is difficult to distinguish apocrine carcinoma from metastasis of breast carcinoma. We report the case of a 60-year-old woman who suffered from scalp apocrine carcinoma that was first misdiagnosed as a cutaneous metastasis from breast adenocarcinoma.
authors: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chung-Ang University Hospital, Seoul, Korea. hkkiim@cau.ac.kr
authors: Han Koo
authors: HK
authors: Kim
authors: Kun Il
authors: KI
authors: Chung
authors: Bo Young
authors: BY
authors: Park
authors: Tae Hui
authors: TH
authors: Bae
authors: Woo Seob
authors: WS
authors: Kim
authors: Tae Jin
authors: TJ
authors: Lee
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001050:Apocrine Glands / Q000473:pathology*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018280:Carcinoma, Skin Appendage / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012535:Scalp; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013544:Sweat Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*