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Revista argentina de dermatología
On-line version ISSN 1851-300X
Abstract
ALZATE, B Kavir et al. HYDRADENOCARCINOMA IN LOWER MEMBER: CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE. Rev. argent. dermatol. [online]. 2020, vol.101, n.2, pp.71-80. ISSN 1851-300X.
Objective
: Presentation of a case report, consisting of a tumor lesion, compatible with hydradenocarcinoma, developed in a young patient, and review of the literature referring to the mentioned entity.
Methods
: A 17-year-old patient with a progressive growth lesion, located in the middle third of the right leg, was evaluated in the dermatology service, which upon inspection showed hyaline secretion and bleeding, manifesting pruritus as an occasional symptom. A skin biopsy was performed to confirm the diagnosis.
Results
: A clinical and histopathological diagnosis of hydradenocarcinoma is made, this being a rare and malignant tumor originating in sweat glands that is located anywhere in the body, which in most cases has been described as of eccrine origin.
Conclusions
: Although it is not a frequent pathology, it has high recurrence rates and risk of metastasis. Therefore, it is important to always consider it as one of the differential diagnoses, and thus offer timely surgical treatment, with wide resection margins.
Keywords : hydradenocarcinoma; eccrine; sweat glands; pyogenic granuloma.