Medicine:Malignant acrospiroma

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Malignant acrospiroma
Other namesHidradenocarcinoma, and Spiradenocarcinoma[1]
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A malignant acrospiroma is a sweat gland carcinoma of the hand, which may recur locally in 50% of patients after excision, with distant metastases occurring in 60% of patients.[2]

See also

  • Acrospiroma
  • Syringoma
  • Hidrocystoma
  • List of cutaneous conditions

References

  1. Rapini, Ronald P.; Bolognia, Jean L.; Jorizzo, Joseph L. (2007). Dermatology: 2-Volume Set. St. Louis: Mosby. ISBN 978-1-4160-2999-1. 
  2. "Sweat gland carcinoma of the hand (malignant acrospiroma)". J Hand Surg Am 14 (3): 531–5. May 1989. doi:10.1016/S0363-5023(89)80018-8. PMID 2544641. 

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