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. 2009 Oct;23(3-4):211-3.
doi: 10.1016/j.sjopt.2009.10.005. Epub 2009 Oct 25.

Periocular hidradenoma papilliferum

Yasser H Al-Faky  1 , Abdul Rahman Al-Mosallam, Mohammed O Al-Sohaibani
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Periocular hidradenoma papilliferum

Yasser H Al-Faky et al. Saudi J Ophthalmol. 2009 Oct.

Abstract

Hidradenoma is a benign adnexal neoplasm originating from the apocrine sweat gland, and is almost exclusively detectable in the skin of the anogenital area of middle-aged white females after puberty. Ectopic hidradenoma papilliferum, which involves the skin away from the anogenital region, is exceedingly rare, and can also affect males. We report a female patient with a lesion (dating back to childhood) close to the medial end of the left eyebrow and overriding the anterior medial part of superior orbital rim. The lesion was completely excised and had not reoccurred during over four years of follow-up.

Keywords: Childhood; Ectopic; Hidradenoma papilliferum.

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Figure 1
(A) Shows the bluish mass involving the anterior superior-medial aspect of the left orbit (arrow). (B and C) Histopathological slides show papillary glandular pattern with always apparent myoepithelial layer (Haematoxylin and eosin stain, ×40 and ×200, respectively).
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