Summary
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.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: November 28, 2011
Accepted:
November 3,
2011
Received:
August 6,
2011
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© 2011 British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.