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Eccrine Porocarcinoma

Eccrine Porocarcinoma Case Reports Report of a Case with Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology, Histopathology and Immunohistochemistry Jeffrey Bonadio, M.D., William Armstrong, M.D., and Mai Gu, M.D., Ph.D. Background EP is crucial to developing an effective (curative) surgical Although relatively rare, eccrine porocarcinoma (EP) is plan. FNA cytology potentially provides a convenient, safe widely recognized in the literature as the most common of and effective approach to solving a challenging differential the sweat gland adenocarcinoma types. EP is an adenocar- diagnosis. The constellation of cytologic findings probably is cinoma of the eccrine sweat distinctive and, in the proper gland with a propensity to clinical setting, may be diag- recur locally and metastasize nostic. History is important in Given the critical importance of to regional lymph nodes. This making an accurate diagnosis. local control of tumor growth to paper presents the second case (Acta Cytol 2006;50:476– prognosis, accurate preoperative of fine needle aspiration 480) (FNA) cytology of an EP diagnosis of EP is crucial to along with histopathology and Keywords: sweat gland developing an effective (curative) immunohistochemistry. neoplasms; aspiration biop- sy, fine-needle; eccrine surgical plan. Case porocarcinoma. A 64-year-old Filipino wom- an had a history of EP of the right eyebrow and presented http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Acta Cytologica Karger

Eccrine Porocarcinoma

Bonadio, Jeffrey; Armstrong, William; Gu, Mai
Acta Cytologica , Volume 50 (4): 5 – Jan 1, 2011
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Karger
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© 2011 S. Karger AG, Basel
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0001-5547
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1938-2650
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10.1159/000325997
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Case Reports Report of a Case with Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology, Histopathology and Immunohistochemistry Jeffrey Bonadio, M.D., William Armstrong, M.D., and Mai Gu, M.D., Ph.D. Background EP is crucial to developing an effective (curative) surgical Although relatively rare, eccrine porocarcinoma (EP) is plan. FNA cytology potentially provides a convenient, safe widely recognized in the literature as the most common of and effective approach to solving a challenging differential the sweat gland adenocarcinoma types. EP is an adenocar- diagnosis. The constellation of cytologic findings probably is cinoma of the eccrine sweat distinctive and, in the proper gland with a propensity to clinical setting, may be diag- recur locally and metastasize nostic. History is important in Given the critical importance of to regional lymph nodes. This making an accurate diagnosis. local control of tumor growth to paper presents the second case (Acta Cytol 2006;50:476– prognosis, accurate preoperative of fine needle aspiration 480) (FNA) cytology of an EP diagnosis of EP is crucial to along with histopathology and Keywords: sweat gland developing an effective (curative) immunohistochemistry. neoplasms; aspiration biop- sy, fine-needle; eccrine surgical plan. Case porocarcinoma. A 64-year-old Filipino wom- an had a history of EP of the right eyebrow and presented

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