Cutaneous Eccrine Porocarcinoma: Diagnostic Challenge in Darker Skin Tones Individual

Skin cancers are often misdiagnosed or diagnosed late in people with darker skin tones, which can lead to increased morbidity and mortality. This is especially true for rare skin cancers, such as Eccrine Porocarcinoma (EPC), which only accounts for 0.005 to 0.01 of all epidermal skin tumours. People with darker skin tones are less likely to receive a direct diagnosis for EPC. This rare type of skin cancer is often misdiagnosed as both benign and malignant tumors of the skin. This case study presents a 45-year-old man who visited our dermatology clinic with a painless, non-pruritic lesion on the sole of his right big toe that had persisted for 10 years. It is suspected that the lesion may have transformed from Eccrine Poroma.