Case Report

An association of malignant eccrine poroma and venous insufficiency of lower extremity

  • Cihangir ALIAGAOGLU
  • Sami KARAPOLAT
  • Mustafa ATASOY

Received Date: 12.03.2006 Accepted Date: 04.07.2006 Meandros Med Dent J 2006;7(1):35-37

Eccrine poroma is a malignant tumour of eccrine sweat glands. It is a very rare, slow growing tumour and clinically resembles other skin cancers. We report a malignant eccrine poroma located on varicose surface of the posterior left leg of a 72 year-old woman. It was diagnosed by histopathological findings. Lymph nodes or distant metastases were not found. Malignant eccrine poroma with venous insufficiency has not been reported in the literature.Although we do not know how venous insufficiency effected the the development of eccrine poroma in our case we discuss this very rare association of eccrine poroma and venous insufficiency.

Keywords: Malignant eccrine poroma, venous insufficiency, surgery