Syringoid eccrine carcinoma

A rare case of a syringoid eccrine carcinoma in a 52-year-old male patient is described. During the first hospitalization, syringoma was diagnosed, bo th clinically and histologically, keeping in mind the possibility of its ma lignant alteration. Difficulties in making a diagnosis with histological an d immunohistochemical examinations are reported. The possibility of differe ntial diagnosis of primary breast carcinoma and methods of its exclusion ar e also described. Treatment of the patient was surgical with good results.