Metastatic syringoid eccrine carcinoma of the nipple

astatic syringoid eccrine carcinoma of the nipple Case report (1081) Total Article Views Authors: Ballardini P, Margutti G, Pedriali M, Querzoli P Published Date July 2012 Volume 2012:5 Pages 45 - 48 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IMCRJ.S32217 Received: 25 March 2012 Accepted: 06 June 2012 Published: 11 July 2012 Pierluigi Ballardini,1 Guido Margutti,1 Massimo Pedriali,2 Patrizia Querzoli2 1Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital of the Delta, Lagosanto, 2Institute of Pathology, S Anna Hospital, Ferrara, Italy Abstract: Syringoid eccrine carcinoma is a very rare skin tumor. Herein we describe a 72-year-old male patient presenting with a syringoid eccrine carcinoma of the nipple with associated axillary lymph node metastases. Surgery associated with adjuvant radiotherapy was performed. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of syringoid eccrine carcinoma of the nipple ever reported.