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==General==
==General==
*Malignant counterpart of ''[[poroma]]''.
*Malignant counterpart of ''[[poroma]]''.
*Very rare ~ most papers are case reports.<ref name=pmid25515648>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Riera-Leal | first1 = L. | last2 = Guevara-Gutiérrez | first2 = E. | last3 = Barrientos-García | first3 = JG. | last4 = Madrigal-Kasem | first4 = R. | last5 = Briseño-Rodríguez | first5 = G. | last6 = Tlacuilo-Parra | first6 = A. | title = Eccrine porocarcinoma: epidemiologic and histopathologic characteristics. | journal = Int J Dermatol | volume = 54 | issue = 5 | pages = 580-6 | month =  | year = 2015 | doi = 10.1111/ijd.12714 | PMID = 25515648 }}</ref>


Clinical - based on meta-analysis of 453 cases:
Clinical - based on meta-analysis of 453 cases:
*No predominance males versus females.
*No predominance males versus females.
*Aggressive behaviour >30% of cases have metastases at presentation - typically to lymph nodes.
Treatment:
*Surgery,


==Gross==
==Gross==

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Porocarcinoma is a rare malignant skin tumour that has an aggressive behaviour.[1]

General

  • Malignant counterpart of poroma.
  • Very rare ~ most papers are case reports.[2]

Clinical - based on meta-analysis of 453 cases:

  • No predominance males versus females.
  • Aggressive behaviour >30% of cases have metastases at presentation - typically to lymph nodes.

Treatment:

  • Surgery,

Gross

  • Mass or nodule - typically head and neck (40% of cases) or lower extremity (34% of cases).[1]


See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Salih, AM.; Kakamad, FH.; Baba, HO.; Salih, RQ.; Hawbash, MR.; Mohammed, SH.; Othman, S.; Saeed, YA. et al. (Aug 2017). "Porocarcinoma; presentation and management, a meta-analysis of 453 cases.". Ann Med Surg (Lond) 20: 74-79. doi:10.1016/j.amsu.2017.06.027. PMID 28721214.
  2. Riera-Leal, L.; Guevara-Gutiérrez, E.; Barrientos-García, JG.; Madrigal-Kasem, R.; Briseño-Rodríguez, G.; Tlacuilo-Parra, A. (2015). "Eccrine porocarcinoma: epidemiologic and histopathologic characteristics.". Int J Dermatol 54 (5): 580-6. doi:10.1111/ijd.12714. PMID 25515648.