Porocarcinoma of the Left Foot: A Case Review

J Am Podiatr Med Assoc. 2023 Jul-Aug;113(4):17-069. doi: 10.7547/17-069.

Abstract

Eccrine porocarcinoma is a rare malignant tumor of the eccrine sweat gland. This malignancy occurs most commonly in the lower extremities. It tends to occur in patients aged 60 to 80 years, affecting men and women equally. We present the case of a 62-year-old man with a lesion on the left foot. The diagnosis of the initial biopsy was squamous cell carcinoma. Six months later, the lesion reoccurred, and a second biopsy confirmed it to be eccrine porocarcinoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy
  • Eccrine Glands / pathology
  • Eccrine Porocarcinoma* / diagnosis
  • Eccrine Porocarcinoma* / pathology
  • Eccrine Porocarcinoma* / surgery
  • Foot / pathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Sweat Gland Neoplasms* / diagnosis
  • Sweat Gland Neoplasms* / pathology
  • Sweat Gland Neoplasms* / surgery