Hidradenoma refers to a benign adnexal tumor of the apical sweat gland.[1][2] These are 1–3 cm translucent blue cystic nodules. It usually presents as a single, small skin-colored lesion, and may be considered closely related to or a variant of poromas.[3] Hidradenomas are often sub-classified based on subtle histologic differences, for example:[4]
Eccrine acrospiroma
Clear-cell hidradenoma or acrospiroma
Nodular hidradenoma or acrospiroma
Solid-cystic hidradenoma
Discussion of sweat gland tumors can be difficult and confusing due to the complex classification and redundant terminology used to describe the same tumors. For example, acrospiroma and hidradenoma are synonymous, and sometimes the term acrospiroma is used to generally describe benign sweat gland tumors. In addition, a single lesion may contain a mixture of cell-types.[2] There has also been a change in understanding about how tumors that were previously believed to strictly derive from specific sweat gland types may, in fact, derive from both eccrine or apocrine glands.[5][6]
Hidradenomas are by definition benign, with malignant transformation very rare. When tumors show malignant characteristics, they are known as hidradenocarcinoma.[7] Surgical excision is usually curative and local recurrences are rare, although malignant tumors may metastasize.[5]
Gross pathology of a cystic nodular hidradenoma
Dermal duct tumor
Acrospiroma, solid type
Acrospiroma, clear cell type
See also
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^ abGriffiths C, Cox N, Breathnach S, et al., eds. (2010). "53. Tumours of the Skin Appendages: Eccrine or aprocrine/follicular tumours". Rook's Textbook of Dermatology (8th ed.). Chichester, West Sussex: John Wiley & Sons Ltd. ISBN978-1-4051-6169-5.
^Griffiths C, Cox N, Breathnach S, et al., eds. (2010). "53. Tumours of the Skin Appendages: Eccrine gland tumours". Rook's Textbook of Dermatology (8th ed.). Chichester, West Sussex: John Wiley & Sons Ltd. ISBN978-1-4051-6169-5.
^Hernández-Pérez E, Cestoni-Parducci R (1985). "Nodular hidradenoma and hidradenocarcinoma. A 10-year review". Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 12 (1 Pt 1): 15–20. doi:10.1016/s0190-9622(85)70002-3. PMID2984259.