The giant apocrine hidrocystoma

Abstract

We report a patient with a large apocrine hidrocystoma. These tumors are almost always under 10 mm in diameter. In this 40-year-old man the tumor measured 20 mm. Apocrine hidrocystoma must be considered when evaluating a patient with a large cystic lesion of the face. Surgical management is similar to that of other benign cystic lesions of this region.

Apocrine hidrocystoma: a case report and analysis of 167 Japanese cases

“…Most tumors were less than 20 mm in diameter, although some were 30–40 mm. Tumors greater than 20 mm in diameter may be called “giant” apocrine hidrocystoma 9 . The color varied from skin‐colored to light red, brown, blue, or purple.…”

Treatment of Multiple Apocrine Hidrocystomas with the Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Laser

“…Aside from excision, apocrine hidrocystomas may also be treated by incision and drainage, followed by destruction of the cyst wall with electrodesiccation or cauterization 15 . Treatment of a giant apocrine hidrocystoma has been described; an elliptical incision was made, the cyst was shelled out, and the wound was closed in layers 7 . However, treatment of multiple lesions in this manner can be laborious.…”

Hidrocistoma: conduta cirúrgica na lesão palpebral cística

“…6,8,9 Surgical excision is the treatment of choice in the case of single lesions. 13 To the best of our knowledge, the surgical technique for removal of these lesions has not been described in any reports published in the literature. Clinical and anatomopathological diagnoses were in agreement.…”