Nodular hidradenocarcinoma on the scalp of a young woman: case report and review of literature

Dermatol Surg. 2004 Sep;30(9):1265-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2004.30390.x.

Abstract

Background: Nodular hidradenocarcinoma was first reported as clear-cell eccrine carcinoma by Keasby and Hadley in 1954 (Cancer 1954;7:934-52) and rare malignant tumor. Several synonyms and related terms for nodular hidradenocarcinoma have appeared in the literature.

Objective: They have potential for uncontrollable local recurrence, tend to metastasize, and often cause death. Most cases have been reported in the pathology literature with limited clinical information.

Methods: We report a 27-year-old woman with nodular hidradenocarcinoma on the scalp.

Result: The management of rare cases is not well defined. In our case, she was only treated with a wide local excision, and no recurrence was observed 2 years after excision.

Conclusion: Most authors have concluded that early wide surgical excision of the tumor is the treatment of choice. The efficiency of adjuvant therapy generally has not established.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Acrospiroma / pathology*
  • Acrospiroma / surgery
  • Adult
  • Female
  • Head and Neck Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Head and Neck Neoplasms / surgery
  • Humans
  • Scalp*
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Skin Neoplasms / surgery
  • Sweat Gland Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Sweat Gland Neoplasms / surgery