Aggressive digital papillary adenoma-adenocarcinoma

Authors: Keramidas, Evangelos¹; Miller, Gavin¹; Revelos, Kyriakos²; Kitsanta, Panagiota²; Page, Robert¹

Source: Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery, Volume 40, Number 3, June 2006 , pp. 189-192(4)

Publisher: Informa Healthcare

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Abstract:

Aggressive digital papillary adenocarcinoma and aggressive digital papillary adenoma are rare tumours of the sweat glands. They are most common in the most distal part of the fingers and are locally aggressive with a 50% local recurrence rate; 14% of tumours metastasise. We present two cases.

Keywords: Aggressive digital papillary adenocarcinoma (ADPAc; aggressive digital papillary adenoma (ADPA); sweat gland tumours; hand tumours

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02844310600763741

Affiliations: 1: Department of Plastic and Reconstruction Surgery, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, UK 2: Department of Pathology, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, UK

Publication date: 2006-06-01

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