Abstract
Digital papillary adenocarcinoma (ADPC) is a rare sweat gland tumor predominantly involving the distal end of digits firstly described by Helwig in 1984. Although an adenomatous form has been described, the current trend is to consider that all cases be referred to as ADPC as the histological grading cannot accurately predict recurrence and metastasis. White males are predominantly affected with a mean age of 43 years, but it has also been described in young people. The tumor is considered to be of eccrine differentiation mostly because it is located on eccrine-rich sites. However, some authors have found decapitation secretion as a feature, which would indicate apocrine differentiation.
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Rongioletti, F. (2015). Digital Papillary Adenocarcinoma. In: Rare Malignant Skin Tumors. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2023-5_24
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