Syn.: Syringocystadenoma papilliferum, nevus syringocystadenomatosus papilliferus.
Def. and Epid .: Mild debris most likely derived from the cells of the apocrine sweat glands. It is the second most common tumor developing in a sebaceous nevus after trichoblastoma.
Clinical: Tumor with papillary surface, hairless, with a centrally located oozing fistula. Most often it is located on the hairy skin of the head, on the face (temples, cheeks), arms and in the groin and armpits. It usually appears at birth or in early childhood.
Hist .: Hyperkeratotic epidermis covered with a crust. There are cystic dilated spaces in the sweat glands. They contain villi-like protrusions and are lined with two layers of outer (cubic) and inner (cylindrical) cells. The inner cell layer secretes sweat with the destruction of the cells. The dermis is infiltrated by lymphocytes and plasma cells.
DR: Basal cell carcinoma, common wart, seborrheic wart.
Year: Good.
Heal .: Surgical.
Lit .: [1] Braun-Falco O., Plewig G., Wolff HH, Burgdorf WHC: Dermatology, eds. half. Gliński W., Wolska H., Wydawnictwo Czelej, Lublin 2004. [2] McKce PH, Calonje E., Granter SR: Pathology of the skin. Ed. 3., Elsvier Mosby 2003.
Source: A. Kaszuba, Z. Adamski: “Lexicon of dermatology”; XNUMXst edition, Czelej Publishing House