Apocrine Sudoriferous Cyst in Medial Canthal Region Occurred after Trauma.
10.3341/jkos.2007.48.11.1562
- Author:
Jung Yeul KIM
1
;
Eun Kyoung LEE
;
Yeon Hee LEE
;
Sung Bok LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea. sblee@cnu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Apocrine sudoriferous cyst;
Trauma;
Medial canthal region
- MeSH:
Aged;
Exotropia;
Female;
Humans;
Orbit;
Physical Examination;
Strabismus
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
2007;48(11):1562-1566
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: To report a case of apocrine sudoriferous cyst in the left medial canthal region occurred after trauma. CASE SUMMARY: A 75-year-old woman was referred for mass in the medial canthal region after trauma. The patient had got injured and been sutured on left medial canthal region when she was 11 years of age. The painless mass in the left canthal region has occurred after that. The orbital computed tomography showed a 20 x 12 x 19 mm-sized cystic mass. On physical examination, left telecanthus, left exotropia and left hypertropia were also observed. The cyst contained turbid grayish fluid and was removed completely through transcutaneous incision. On histopathologic examination, the cyst was confirmed to apocrine sudoriferous cyst lined by two-layered cuboidal epithelia.
