An Apocrine Hydrocystoma Combined with a Dermoid Cyst.
- Author:
Nam Ji JEONG
1
;
Dong Kyun HONG
;
Young LEE
;
Young Joon SEO
;
Jeung Hoon LEE
;
Myung IM
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejon, Korea. im1177@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Apocrine hidrocystoma;
Dermoid cyst
- MeSH:
Apocrine Glands;
Dermoid Cyst;
Ectoderm;
Epithelium;
Eyelids;
Female;
Germ Cells;
Hair;
Hair Follicle;
Humans;
Middle Aged;
Research Personnel;
Sebaceous Glands;
Skin;
Sweat Glands;
Teratoma
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
2012;50(6):533-535
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
An apocrine hydrocystoma is a translucent cystic nodule that looks like adenomatous cystic proliferation of an apocrine gland, which originated from a hair germ. Dermoid cyst is a cystic teratoma that contains developmentally mature skin appendages, such as hair follicles, sweat glands, and other tissues derived from the ectoderm. Many investigators believe that dermoid cysts re originated from the ectoderm, specifically the hair germ cells. A 58-year-old woman was presented with a purple, asymptomatic, dome-shaped nodule on her right lower eyelid that had been slowly increasing in size for several years. Histopathological examination revealed two well-demarcated cysts: one was lined with stratified squamous epithelium with mature hair and sebaceous glands and the other contained large cystic spaces, which papillary projections extended. We report a rare case of a dermoid cyst, combined with an apocrine hydrocystoma, occurring in the right lower eyelid.
