Case report: A rare case of eccrine carcinoma

Highlights • Sweat gland carcinoma is very rare with a reported incidence of less than 0.005% of all tumour specimens resected surgically. Due to limited availability of literature, the diagnosis as well as management of these tumours is quite difficult. • Presented to us with a solitary swelling ov...

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Published in:International journal of surgery case reports 2015-01, Vol.15, p.149-151
Main Authors: Kshirsagar, Ashok Y, Wader, J.V, Nagur, Basavaraj, Biradar, Sangeeta, Savsaviya, Jigneshkumar, Chotai, Trishant, Agarwal, Aman
Format: Article
Language:English
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Apocrine sweat gland carcinoma
Case Report
Eccrine sweat gland carcinoma
Metastasis
Surgery
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Summary:Highlights • Sweat gland carcinoma is very rare with a reported incidence of less than 0.005% of all tumour specimens resected surgically. Due to limited availability of literature, the diagnosis as well as management of these tumours is quite difficult. • Presented to us with a solitary swelling over the left chest wall since two month. We managed the case with wide excision of the swelling with segmental excision of the involved segments of the ribs with pleura followed by a Delto-Pectoral fasciocutaneous flap with insertion of an intercostal drain. • Histopathology report confirmed an eccrine carcinoma with involvement of the ribs. The tumour cells immunohistochemical study showed that tumour cells were positive for pancytokeratin/CK7/Calretinin with focal luminal immunoreactivity for CEA.
ISSN:2210-2612
2210-2612
DOI:10.1016/j.ijscr.2015.08.038