A synchronous incidence of eccrine porocarcinoma of the forearm and facial squamous cell carcinoma: A case report

INTRODUCTION: Cutaneous appendageal tumor can differentiate towards or arise from either pilosebaceous apparatus or the eccrine sweat glands. Appendageal tumors are relatively rare, their clinical appearance is non-specific, and the vast majority are not diagnosed until after excision. Eccrine porocarcinoma (EP), also known as malignant eccrine poroma is a rare adnexal tumor arising from the intraepithelial ductal parts of the sweat gland. CASE PRESENTATION: We presented a 65-year-old, Asian, female with medical co-morbids, who came with both a facial squamous cell carcinoma and a long-standing lesion over her left forearm. Histopathological finding of the left forearm demonstrated eccrine porocarcinoma. CONCLUSION: Mohs micrographic surgery is the mainstay treatment of cutaneous carcinoma. It is important to rule out associated syndromes in patient who present with multiple cutaneous appendageal tumors. (C) 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of US Publishing Group Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license.