Eccrine Porocarcinoma: A Multicenter Retrospective Study with Review of the Literatures Reported in Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Eccrine porocarcinoma (EPC) is a rare malignant cutaneous adnexal tumor. Other than several scattered case reports, no comprehensive review on EPC has been conducted in Korea.

Objective

To clinicopathologically review all EPC cases from our institutions as well as those reported in Korea.

Methods

Medical records and histopathological slides of EPC cases in the skin biopsy registries of our institutions were retrospectively reviewed. Additionally, EPC cases reported in Korea before June 2019 were retrieved by searching the PubMed, KoMCI, KoreaMed, and KMbase databases.

Results

Nine EPC cases from our institutions were included in the study. In addition, 27 reports of 28 patients with EPC were reported in Korea. A total of 37 patients with EPC were ide

SUBMITTER: Kim HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7992626 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature