TY - JOUR
T1 - Eccrine porocarcinoma
T2 - A multicenter retrospective study with review of the literatures reported in Korea
AU - Kim, Hee Joo
AU - Kim, Anna
AU - Moon, Kyung Chul
AU - Seo, Soo Hong
AU - Kim, Il Hwan
AU - Kim, Aeree
AU - Baek, Yoo Sang
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by a Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education (NRF-2018R1D 1A1B07045088).
Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © The Korean Dermatological Association and The Korean Society for Investigative Dermatology.
PY - 2020/6
Y1 - 2020/6
N2 - 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 identified, consisting of 19 males (male:female ratio, 1.06:1; mean age at diagnosis, 65.6 years). The most common site of primary tumor was the head and neck (29.7%). Wide excision was the most common (78.4%) treatment method. Initial metastasis work-up imaging studies were performed in 18 patients (48.6%), and metastasis was confirmed in eight patients (21.6%). Conclusion: EPC is a rare cutaneous carcinoma in Korea. EPC usually affects elderly patients, with no sexual predilection. Due to possible metastasis, careful diagnosis and appropriate metastasis workups are warranted in EPC.
AB - 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 identified, consisting of 19 males (male:female ratio, 1.06:1; mean age at diagnosis, 65.6 years). The most common site of primary tumor was the head and neck (29.7%). Wide excision was the most common (78.4%) treatment method. Initial metastasis work-up imaging studies were performed in 18 patients (48.6%), and metastasis was confirmed in eight patients (21.6%). Conclusion: EPC is a rare cutaneous carcinoma in Korea. EPC usually affects elderly patients, with no sexual predilection. Due to possible metastasis, careful diagnosis and appropriate metastasis workups are warranted in EPC.
KW - Eccrine porocarcinoma
KW - Malignant eccrine poroma
KW - Porocarcinoma
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U2 - 10.5021/AD.2020.32.3.223
DO - 10.5021/AD.2020.32.3.223
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85086030290
SN - 1013-9087
VL - 32
SP - 223
EP - 229
JO - Annals of Dermatology
JF - Annals of Dermatology
IS - 3
ER -