Nodular hidradenoma: A rare tumor in children

Abstract

Hidradenomas are the benign cutaneous tumors of sweat gland origin, with the clear cell type constituting the most frequent histologic variety. Usually, they are diagnosed in the elderly population, the peak incidence being the fifth to sixth decade. Very few cases of hidradenoma have been documented in children in their first decade of life. Here, we present a rare and interesting case of a 10-year-old boy who presented with swelling on the anterior aspect of the neck, since birth. The histological findings were consistent with the diagnosis of nodular hidradenoma.

Clarion and Crystal-Clear Cell Hidradenoma

“…A female to male ratio of 1.7 :1 and a mean age of presentation at 37.2 years is exemplified. An estimated proportion of lesions are cogitated at the head (30.3%), upper limb (25.8%) and trunk (20.2%) [2,3]. Paediatric adnexal tumours demonstrate a predominantly follicular or apocrine/ eccrine genesis.…”

“…Clear cell hidradenoma can occur as a polypoidal umbilical mass, congenital neck swelling or as axillary nodules in infants. Hidradenoma emerge as a gradually progressive, solitary, asymptomatic, firm, mobile tumefaction or nodule [3,4]. A few of the tumour nodules can demonstrate a serous effluvium or may ulcerate.…”