Case report: Metastatic endocrine mucin-producing sweat gland carcinoma with features of mucinous carcinoma.

ABSTRACT: Endocrine mucin-producing sweat gland carcinoma is a rare neoplasm of the skin appendages. The tumor typically exhibits slow growth and rarely metastasizes to distant sites. Herein, we report a case of a 77-year-old male who presented with a skin lesion on the right anterior chest wall 23 years ago. Fifteen years later, surgical excision was performed, and the pathological diagnosis was endocrine mucin-producing sweat gland carcinomas. However, the histopathological examination revealed a coexistence of endocrine mucin-producing sweat gland carcinomas and mucinous carcinoma components. Over the past 2 years, the patient developed lymph node metastasis in the right axilla, local recurrence on the right chest wall, and distant skin metastasis. The histopathological type of the lymph node met

SUBMITTER: Sun Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11609175 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature