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

Abstract

The apocrine hidrocystoma tends to occur as a solitary facial cystic lesion. We report an unusual patient in whom there were multiple apocrine hidrocystomas scattered over the periorbital region and ears. Although solitary apocrine hidrocystomas are easily treated with excision, we had good results employing carbon dioxide laser vaporization in the treatment of numerous hidrocystomas.

The Efficacy of Electrosurgery and Excision in Treating Patients with Multiple Apocrine Hidrocystomas

“…This procedure, however, is expensive and requires special training. Bickley et al 13 reported success using a CO 2 laser in a 59‐year‐old woman with multiple hidrocystomas.…”

Multiple apocrine hidrocystomas: treatment with carbon dioxide laser vaporization

“…Bickley et al, 8 Solitary lesions may cause cosmetic problems, which are usually resolved by surgical removal.…”

Multiple Apocrine Hidrocystomas of the Eyelids: A Case Successfully Treated Using Ultrapulsed Carbon Dioxide Laser and Literature Review

“…On the other hand elimination of multiple lesions is problematic because of their number and location and surgical removal of multiple lesions often results in disfiguring scarring. Lots of methods for their management are described in literature such as electrodessication [46], sclerotherapy [47], blepharoplasty [48], trichloroacetic acid (TCA) [49,50], diode laser [51] and carbon dioxide laser [52][53][54][55].…”