Eye
Eyelid
Adnexal tumors
Eccrine carcinoma
Author: Nat Pernick, M.D.
Last author update: 1 February 2014
Last staff update: 23 December 2020
Copyright: 2004-2022, PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.
PubMed Search: Eccrine carcinoma [title] eyelid
Cite this page: Pernick N. Eccrine carcinoma. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/eyeeyelideccrinecarcinoma.html. Accessed December 6th, 2022.
Microscopic (histologic) images
AFIP images
Ductal type
Bland cells arranged in ducts and cords
Histiocytoid type
Anaplastic cuboidal
epithelial cells
Marked desmoplasia
hides neoplastic cells
Mucinous type
Small islands of
epithelial cells
Resembles histiocytoid
breast lobular carcinoma
Differential diagnosis
- Metastatic breast carcinoma (lobular) may have histiocytoid pattern
