Abstract

Syringoid carcinoma (syringoid eccrine carcinoma, or eccrine epithelioma) is a rare cutaneous tumor with some controversy regarding its correct definition. This tumor shows a slow growth and has often been for many years, some decades before diagnosis. It may also be difficult to differentiate from its benign counterpart (syringoma) or other adnexal carcinoma and cutaneous metastasis. There have been limited case reports of syringoid carcinoma in foreign literatures but none from Iran. Here we report a case of syringoid carcinoma in a 52 year-old Iranian man. Syringoid eccrine carcinoma is a very rare and uncommon diagnosed tumor thought to be derived from eccrine sweat apparatus. It locally invasive, destructive and often shows recurrence. It may also be difficult to differentiate from metastatic adenocarcinoma. © 2012 Huazhong University of Science and Technology and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.