| Journal: | Anais brasileiros de dermatologia |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000408857 |
| ISSN: | 0365-0596 |
| Authors: | Brito, Maria Helena Toda Sanches de1 Dionisio, Cecília Silva Nunes de Moura2 Ferreira, Joana Cintia Monteiro3 Rosa, Maria Joaninha Madalena de Palma Mendonca da Costa3 Cunha, Fernando Petrucci Bernardo e3 Garcia, Maria Manuela Antunes Pecegueiro da Silva2 |
| Institutions: | 1Hospital Santarem, Departamento de Dermatologia, Santarem. Portugal 2Instituto Portugues de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil, Departamento de Dermatologia, Lisboa. Portugal 3Instituto Portugues de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil, Departamento de Patologia, Lisboa. Portugal |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Season: | Mar-Abr |
| Volumen: | 92 |
| Number: | 2 |
| Pages: | 242-245 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Caso clínico, descriptivo |
| English abstract | Ductal eccrine carcinoma (DEC) is a rare sweat gland carcinoma with ductular differentiation. Clinically, it is characterized by a slowly growing, hardened plaque or nodule predominantly located on the head and neck. Histologically, DEC shares similar features to invasive breast carcinoma, thus causing great diagnostic challenges. We report a 69-year-old woman who presented with a hardened plaque on the axilla. A skin biopsy was performed and metastatic invasive breast carcinoma could not be ruled out. Complete excision and further workup were subsequently conducted, leading to the diagnosis of estrogen receptor positive DEC with associated axillary lymph node metastases. The patient received adjuvant radiotherapy to the left axilla and was started on oral letrozole. She is disease-free 14 months after initial diagnosis |
| Disciplines: | Medicina |
| Keyword: | Dermatología, Oncología, Axila, Carcinoma ductal écrino, Histopatología, Biopsia |
| Keyword: | Medicine, Dermatology, Oncology, Axilla, Ductal eccrine carcinoma, Biopsy, Histopathology |
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