Locally advanced spiroadenocarcinoma in the regional axilla of a breast cancer patient: hallmarks of definitive diagnosis and management

Abstract

Eccrine spiroadenocarcinoma is an extremely rare malignant eccrine gland tumor which may masquerade as other more common malignancies such as poorly differentiated squamous carcinoma or metastatic breast cancer. We report a case of an ulcerated axillary skin lesion with bulky adenopathy in a 77 year-old female with a prior history of ipsilateral triple negative breast carcinoma. The clear transition of benign spiradenoma to malignant carcinoma was essential to establishing a definitive diagnosis and treatment plan.

Keywords

• Spiroadenocarcinoma
• spiradenoma
• malignant eccrine spiradenoma