title: Treatment of Sweat gland carcinoma with Topical Aminolevulinic Acid Photodynamic therapy: An effective treatment method to improve surgical outcomes.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Sweat gland carcinoma is an extremely rare skin cancer, which is hard to diagnose and completely resect without causing functional and cosmetic problems. Moreover, the high rate of recurrence is hard to handle in the treatment of sweat gland carcinoma. Photodynamic therapy is a novel treatment protocol which can selectively destroy tumor cells with good functional and cosmetic outcomes.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a case about a 53 years old patient with sweat gland carcinoma on his right foot, which received surgery and photodynamic therapy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There is no recurrence one year after treatment of surgery and photodynamic therapy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Excision combined with photodynamic therapy during operation is a promising strategy towards tumors which are hard to resect thoroughly and have a high risk of recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery Department, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400042, PR China. Electronic address: skydudo@qq.com.
authors.forename: Xian
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: He
authors.affiliation: Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery Department, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400042, PR China.
authors.forename: Yadong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery Department, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400042, PR China. Electronic address: yangdoublejake@163.com.
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery Department, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400042, PR China.
authors.forename: Yuanyuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery Department, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400042, PR China. Electronic address: ws_dream@126.com.
authors.forename: Wensheng
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery Department, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400042, PR China.
authors.forename: Yanying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery Department, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400042, PR China.
authors.forename: Yongfang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.affiliation: Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery Department, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400042, PR China.
authors.forename: Yunchuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery Department, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400042, PR China. Electronic address: 79371465@qq.com.
authors.forename: Xingcun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery Department, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400042, PR China.
authors.forename: Guoling
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery Department, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400042, PR China. Electronic address: docgaoyang@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery Department, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400042, PR China. Electronic address: skin515@163.com.
authors.forename: Yuangang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lu
mesh_terms: D000622:Aminolevulinic Acid / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005528:Foot; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D010778:Photochemotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013545:Sweat Glands / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D017319:Photosensitizing Agents; D000622:Aminolevulinic Acid
keywords: Aminolevulinic acid; Efficacy; Surgery; Sweat gland carcinoma; Topical photodynamic therapy