Author/Authors :
el anany, galal cairo university - department of dermatology, Cairo, Egypt , nagui, noha cairo university - department of dermatology, Cairo, Egypt , nada, hanan cairo university - department of dermatology, Cairo, Egypt , sany, iman cairo university - department of dermatology, Cairo, Egypt , nada, ahmad cairo university - department of dermatology, Cairo, Egypt , el nabrawy, eman a. cairo university - department of dermatology, Cairo, Egypt
Abstract :
Malignant eccrine tumors are a group of extremely rare and aggressive dermatoses. In this case report, we present a 65-year-old woman who developed a unilateral multinodular swelling on the ankle of 4 months duration. The biopsy result was a histological surprise and revealed characters consistent with hidradenocarcinoma which is a rare rapidly metastasizing tumor of eccrine glands.
Keywords :
eccrine , hidradenocarcinoma , hidradenoma , mycetoma
