{"title":"Porocarcinoma of the Groin: A Case Report.","authors":"Hannah E Myers, Keith Pennycook, Joshua Hammel","doi":"10.1159/000539101","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Porocarcinoma is a rare skin cancer that arises from the intraepidermal ducts of sweat glands. It is classically found in the 60-70-year-old age group, and lesions are most commonly reported on the head and neck or lower extremities.</p><p><strong>Case presentation: </strong>This case focuses on a 49-year-old man who presented to an outpatient dermatology clinic with a growing, painful nodule in his right groin. A shave biopsy was conducted and resulted in a diagnosis of a porocarcinoma.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Porocarcinoma is an extremely rare skin cancer that most commonly occurs on the head, neck, or lower extremities of 60-70-year-olds. This report details the interesting findings of a porocarcinoma in an unexpected location and age group and reviews pertinent literature.</p>","PeriodicalId":9619,"journal":{"name":"Case Reports in Dermatology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9000,"publicationDate":"2024-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11250605/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Case Reports in Dermatology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000539101","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2024/1/1 0:00:00","PubModel":"eCollection","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"DERMATOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Introduction: Porocarcinoma is a rare skin cancer that arises from the intraepidermal ducts of sweat glands. It is classically found in the 60-70-year-old age group, and lesions are most commonly reported on the head and neck or lower extremities.
Case presentation: This case focuses on a 49-year-old man who presented to an outpatient dermatology clinic with a growing, painful nodule in his right groin. A shave biopsy was conducted and resulted in a diagnosis of a porocarcinoma.
Conclusion: Porocarcinoma is an extremely rare skin cancer that most commonly occurs on the head, neck, or lower extremities of 60-70-year-olds. This report details the interesting findings of a porocarcinoma in an unexpected location and age group and reviews pertinent literature.