Primary apocrine carcinoma of scalp: report of primary scalp cutaneous apocrine carcinoma indistinguishable from cutaneous metastasis of breast carcinoma

J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2012 Mar;65(3):e67-70. doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2011.11.001. Epub 2011 Nov 27.

Abstract

Cutaneous apocrine carcinoma (CAC) is a rare adnexal tumor. Its histological diagnosis criteria are not standardized, and it is difficult to distinguish apocrine carcinoma from metastasis of breast carcinoma. We report the case of a 60-year-old woman who suffered from scalp apocrine carcinoma that was first misdiagnosed as a cutaneous metastasis from breast adenocarcinoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / diagnosis*
  • Apocrine Glands / pathology*
  • Breast Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Carcinoma, Skin Appendage / diagnosis*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Diagnostic Errors
  • Female
  • Head and Neck Neoplasms
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Scalp*
  • Skin Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Sweat Gland Neoplasms / diagnosis*