Porocarcinoma of the Left Arm: A Report of a Rare Skin Cancer Case and Literature Review

Overview

Journal Clin Case Rep

Date 2022 Apr 20

PMID 35441031

Authors

Carlo Signorelli

Luca Zanella-Cavallero

Valentina Ranucci

Antonio Pellicciotti

Enzo Maria Ruggeri

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Abstract

Porocarcinoma is a rare type of skin cancer that develops from the intraepidermal ductal part of eccrine sweat glands. It can arise de novo or from poroma ground with high potential for locoregional metastatic spread, morbidity, and mortality. It mostly occurs in elderly patients.

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