Eye
Eyelid
Adnexal tumors
Eccrine carcinoma
Author: Nat Pernick, M.D.
Topic Completed: 1 February 2014
Minor changes: 29 June 2020
Copyright: 2004-2019, 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 September 24th, 2020.
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
