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THOMAS W. DARNALL, M.D.; COLEMAN MOPPER, M.D.

Arch Dermatol. 1960;82(4):548-550.

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Eccrine poroma was first described by Pinkus in 1956.¹ Five cases were presented fulfilling the criteria for a tumor of the intraepidermal sweat duct unit. Since that time Dugas et al.² presented a case in 1957, and Knox and Spiller³ presented two cases in 1958.

We wish to report a case of eccrine poroma associated with Bowen's disease.

Report of a Case

An 83-year-old white woman, confined to her home because of a hip fracture, gave a history of a growth on one of her toes of at least three months' duration. There was a history of a scratch or trauma preceding the growth.

On physical examination, there was a granulomatous, pedunculated growth approximately 1 cm. in diameter, located on the lateral surface of the right little toe. The clinical impression was granuloma pyogenicum, but the possibility of melanoma and squamous-cell epithelioma was entertained. The lesion . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Detroit

From the Department of Dermatology (Hermann K. Pinkus, M.D., Chairman), Wayne State University School of Medicine.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Jan. 12, 1960.

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