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==Microscopic==
==Microscopic==
Features:<ref name=dermatlas>URL: [http://www.dermatlas.com/derm/IndexDisplay.cfm?ImageID=-1193575448 http://www.dermatlas.com/derm/IndexDisplay.cfm?ImageID=-1193575448]. Accessed on: 29 November 2010.</ref>
Features:<ref name=dermatlas>URL: [http://www.dermatlas.com/derm/IndexDisplay.cfm?ImageID=-1193575448 http://www.dermatlas.com/derm/IndexDisplay.cfm?ImageID=-1193575448]. Accessed on: 29 November 2010.</ref><ref>URL: [http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/diagnosis?pii=S1559-8675%2806%2970191-7 http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/diagnosis?pii=S1559-8675%2806%2970191-7]. Accessed on: 10 May 2011.</ref>
*Dense nests of cells in the dermis; "dermal blue balls".
*Dense nests of cells in the dermis; "dermal blue balls".
*Apocrine differentiation, i.e. apocrine snouts.
*Mixed cell population:
**Epithelial.
**Myoepithelial.
*+/-Lymphocytes.


DDx:
DDx:

Revision as of 12:45, 10 May 2011

Eccrine spiradenoma, also spiradenoma,[1] is (usually) a benign, painful skin thingy. There is case series of malignant ones.[2]

General

  • A painful skin lesion.
  • Benign.

Microscopic

Features:[3][4]

  • Dense nests of cells in the dermis; "dermal blue balls".
  • Mixed cell population:
    • Epithelial.
    • Myoepithelial.
  • +/-Lymphocytes.

DDx:

Images:

IHC

Features:[5]

  • S100 +ve.
  • Keratins 7, 8, and 18 +ve.

Notes:

  • IHC profile essentially identical to dermal cylindroma.[5]

See also

References

  1. URL: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1062079-overview. Accessed on: 9 May 2011.
  2. Andreoli, MT.; Itani, KM. (May 2011). "Malignant eccrine spiradenoma: a meta-analysis of reported cases.". Am J Surg 201 (5): 688-92. doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2010.04.015. PMID 20851376.
  3. 3.0 3.1 URL: http://www.dermatlas.com/derm/IndexDisplay.cfm?ImageID=-1193575448. Accessed on: 29 November 2010.
  4. URL: http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/diagnosis?pii=S1559-8675%2806%2970191-7. Accessed on: 10 May 2011.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Meybehm, M.; Fischer, HP. (Apr 1997). "Spiradenoma and dermal cylindroma: comparative immunohistochemical analysis and histogenetic considerations.". Am J Dermatopathol 19 (2): 154-61. PMID 9129700.