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#redirect [[Dermatologic_neoplasms#Nodular_hidradenoma]]
'''Nodular hidradenoma''', also known as '''eccrine acrospiroma''',<ref name=pmid18319032>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Punia | first1 = RP. | last2 = Garg | first2 = S. | last3 = Bal | first3 = A. | last4 = Mohan | first4 = H. | title = Pigmented nodular hidradenoma masquerading as nodular malignant melanoma. | journal = Dermatol Online J | volume = 14 | issue = 1 | pages = 15 | month =  | year = 2008 | doi =  | PMID = 18319032 |URL = http://dermatology.cdlib.org/141/case_presentations/hidradenoma/punia.html }}</ref> is a benign adnexal [[skin tumour]].
 
==General==
*Benign adnexal tumour.<ref name=pmid9537017>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Stratigos | first1 = AJ. | last2 = Olbricht | first2 = S. | last3 = Kwan | first3 = TH. | last4 = Bowers | first4 = KE. | title = Nodular hidradenoma. A report of three cases and review of the literature. | journal = Dermatol Surg | volume = 24 | issue = 3 | pages = 387-91 | month = Mar | year = 1998 | doi =  | PMID = 9537017 }}</ref>
 
==Gross==
Typical locations:<ref name=pmid18319032/>
*Scalp.
*Face.
*Trunk, anterior.
 
==Microscopic==
Features:<ref name=pmid9537017/>
*Well-circumscribed dermal lesions with:
**Back-to-back nests with a whorled appearance.
**Spaces between cells.
**Nuclei ovoid and centrally placed in the cell.
***No nucleolus.
**Cystic spaces with degenerated cells.
 
DDx:
*[[Eccrine poroma]].
 
===Images===
<gallery>
Image:Nodular_hidradenoma_-_low_mag.jpg | Nodular hidradenoma - low mag. (WC/Nephron)
Image:Nodular_hidradenoma_-_intermed_mag.jpg | Nodular hidradenoma - intermed. mag. (WC/Nephron)
Image:Nodular_hidradenoma_-_very_high_mag.jpg | Nodular hidradenoma - very high mag. (WC/Nephron)
</gallery>
 
==IHC==
Features:<ref name=pmid9537017/>
*CAM5.2 +ve.
*AE1/AE3 +ve.
*EMA +ve.
*S100 -ve.
*Desmin -ve.
 
==See also==
*[[Skin tumours]].
 
==References==
{{Reflist|2}}


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[[Category:Diagnosis]]
[[Category:Dermatologic neoplasms]]
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