Pulmonary metastatic eccrine porocarcinoma: a rare cutaneous tumor.

Introduction. - Eccrine sweat gland carcinoma, which belongs to the eccrine sweat gland carcinoma family is a rare malignancy of the skin with a poten tial aggressive growth and metastatic spread. Exegesis. - We report here a case of malignant eccrine poroma arising on th e upper leg with widespread pulmonary metastases. Conclusion. - A brief synopsis of the pathological and clinical aspects of eccrine sweat gland carcinoma is presented with the currently available the rapies. (C) 2000 Editions scientifiques et medicales Elsevier SAS.