Abstract

Hidradenoma is a cutaneous, often benign tumour of the sweat glands. Also known by various other names such as nodular hidradenoma, eccrine acrospiroma, and solid cystic hidradenoma. A 41 year old man presented with a painless ulcero-proliferative polypoidal swelling over the right lower anterior abdominal wall. Histopathology of the wide local excision of the tumour revealed benign nodular hidradenoma. Benign Nodular Hidradenoma is known by many names such as solid cystic hidradenoma, clear cell myoepithelioma, eccrine sweat gland adenoma, large cell hidradenoma and eccrineacrospiroma. All patients are to be considered potential candidates for curative surgery. The management includes wide local excision with adequate margins to prevent recurrence. It must be differentiated from dermatofibrosarcoma protuberens as management and prognosis differs greatly.

Highlights

  • Hidradenoma is a cutaneous, often benign tumour of the sweat glands

  • On Histopathological examination both solid and cystic components are present with characteristic clear cells, which contain a large amount of glycogen and appear clear under light microscopy

  • We describe a 41 year old male who presented with a swelling on the anterior abdominal wall, the excision biopsy of which turned out to be benign nodular hidradenoma

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Introduction

Known by various other names such as nodular hidradenoma, eccrine acrospiroma, and solid cystic hidradenoma. Atypical hidradenomas have frequent mitoses or nuclear atypia but lack clear evidence of asymmetric invasive growth. Such lesions require an aggressive management in view of a risk of recurrence and malignant transformation. In this case report, we describe a 41 year old male who presented with a swelling on the anterior abdominal wall, the excision biopsy of which turned out to be benign nodular hidradenoma

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