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Biomédica
Print version ISSN 0120-4157On-line version ISSN 2590-7379
Abstract
LUJAN, Mauricio; VARELA, Gabriel and MORAN, Diego. Breast carcinoma or sweat gland carcinoma? A report of two cases and a comparison with the literature. Biomed. [online]. 2021, vol.41, n.3, pp.409-419. Epub Sep 22, 2021. ISSN 0120-4157. https://doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.5758.
Primary apocrine carcinoma of the sweat gland is a neoplasm with a very low incidence that may represent a clinical and histological diagnostic challenge, as well as for adequate local, adjuvant, and advanced disease management. The average age of patients is around 67 years with no gender preference. This cancer develops primarily at the axillary and scalp levels and is clinically characterized by slow growth, but can progress aggressively with local, nodal, and metastatic involvement (primarily lung, liver, and bone). The recommended management, once the histology is established, consists of a wide local resection with a clear margin of 1 to 2 cm and regional lymphadenectomy if clinically positive nodes are detected. The adjuvant treatment (radiotherapy or chemotherapy) and for the advanced disease is not established.
We report here the cases of two female patients initially diagnosed with breast cancer who were finally diagnosed with apocrine carcinoma of the sweat gland.
Keywords : Breast neoplasm; skin neoplasm; apocrine glands; pathology; case reports.