Eccrine poromatosis associated with polychemotherapy

Acta Derm Venereol. 2012 Nov;92(6):687-90. doi: 10.2340/00015555-1279.

Abstract

Eccrine poroma frequently occurs as a solitary tumour, and only a few reports have described the occurrence of multiple lesions. Multiple eccrine poromas, or eccrine poromatosis, may occur in patients who have undergone radiotherapy and/or polychemotherapy. We report here four cases of multiple eccrine poromas in patients who were either undergoing, or had undergone, intensive chemotherapy (from 6 months to 16 years prior to onset). Three patients had non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and one had malignant fibrous histiocytosis. The number of lesions varied from 3 to > 20 in each patient, and all the lesions occurred on non-irradiated skin. The histopathological features were consistent with those of eccrine poroma, Pinkus type. In addition to radiation therapy, intensive chemotherapy may play a role in the pathogenesis of multiple eccrine poromas even many years after treatment.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / adverse effects*
  • Biopsy
  • Dermoscopy
  • Female
  • Histiocytoma, Malignant Fibrous / drug therapy*
  • Humans
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / drug therapy*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Poroma / chemically induced*
  • Poroma / pathology
  • Sweat Gland Neoplasms / chemically induced*
  • Sweat Gland Neoplasms / pathology
  • Time Factors