Porocarcinoma

Last revised by Daniel J Bell on 18 Dec 2018

Citation, DOI, disclosures and article data

Citation:

St-Amant M, Bell D, Goel A, et al. Porocarcinoma. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 18 Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-19406

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-19406

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/19406

rID:

19406

Article created:

5 Sep 2012, Maxime St-Amant ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Maxime St-Amant had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

18 Dec 2018, Daniel J Bell ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Daniel J Bell had no recorded disclosures.

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Revisions:

3 times, by 3 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Musculoskeletal, Oncology

Tags:

stub, cases, refs

Synonyms:

Eccrine porocarcinoma
Porocarcinomas
Eccrine porocarcinomas

Porocarcinoma (or eccrine porocarcinoma) is a rare type of malignant eccrine sweat gland tumor, more frequently encountered in the lower extremities (feet and legs). It arises from the intraepidermal portion of eccrine sweat glands or acrosyringium.

It represents 0.005-0.01% of all cutaneous tumors. Even though it rarely metastasizes, 20% of patients with a porocarcinoma will present with regional lymph node metastases.