Case Report

Eccrine Porocarcinoma Affecting An Unusual Site: Frontoparietal Scalp

10.6003/jtad.17111c1

  • Pınar İncel Uysal
  • Başak Yalçın
  • Esra Özhamam

J Turk Acad Dermatol 2017;11(1):0-0

Observation:

Eccrine porocarcinoma is a rare malignant sweat gland neoplasm which may occur de novo or arise in a preexisting eccrine poroma. We describe a case with eccrine porocarcinoma of the scalp arising from eccrine poroma in a 74 year-old man. He was treated with wide local excision without any reccurence after 1 year follow-up.

Keywords: Eccrine neoplasia, porocarcinoma, poroid neoplasms