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Reinhard Dummer, MD; Jurgen C. Becker, MD; Barbara Boser, MD; Albert A. Hartmann, MD; Günter Burg, MD
Department of Dermatology University of Würzburg Medical School D-8700 Würzburg, Germany; Department of Dermatology University of Zurich Medical School CH-8091 Zurich, Switzerland

Arch Dermatol. 1992;128(8):1127-1128.

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To the Editor.—

Eccrine sweat gland carcinomas represent a diversified group of rare and morphologically heterogeneous neoplasms of skin eccrine sweat glands that display some potential for distant metastasis.^1-3 Due to an extraordinary degree of clinical and histopathologic variation,³ the identification of these tumors is, at times, difficult.

Surgery is the main therapeutic procedure. Chemotherapy or radiotherapy are alternative treatments for metastatic disease.^4,5 However, their therapeutic potential remains questionable.^4,5 We report the successful treatment of multiple cutaneous metastases of a malignant eccrine poroma using interferon alfa in combination with interleukin 2.

Report of a Case.—

A 74-year-old white man was admitted to the hospital because of an 18-month history of an ulcerating tumor on his left fifth finger. Physical examination revealed an oval, 4x2.5-cm, foul-smelling ulcer. Several erythematous nodules were noted on the palmar surface of the left fifth finger and volar . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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