TY - JOUR
T1 - Solitary syringoma
T2 - Report of five cases and clinicopathologic comparison with microcystic adnexal carcinoma of the skin
AU - Henner, M. S.
AU - Shapiro, P. E.
AU - Ritter, J. H.
AU - Leffell, D. J.
AU - Wick, M. R.
PY - 1995
Y1 - 1995
N2 - Five cases of solitary syringoma (SS) were found by the authors in a search of adnexal neoplasms seen over an 18-year period. These tumors all occurred in adults as mobile, flesh-colored, circumscribed papules of the facial skin, measuring ≤5 mm in greatest dimension. Each was cured by simple punch or shave biopsy excision. Comparison with nine histologically similar variants of microcystic adnexal carcinoma (MAC) showed that the latter lesions differed from SS in that they showed much deeper invasion, with regular involvement of the underlying subcutis and perineural or vascular- adventitial infiltration. Moreover, SS was wider than it was deep on microscopic examination, whereas the converse pertained to MAC. Knowledge of the typical clinicopathologic attributes of these two tumor types should prevent clinicians and pathologists from confusing them with each other.
AB - Five cases of solitary syringoma (SS) were found by the authors in a search of adnexal neoplasms seen over an 18-year period. These tumors all occurred in adults as mobile, flesh-colored, circumscribed papules of the facial skin, measuring ≤5 mm in greatest dimension. Each was cured by simple punch or shave biopsy excision. Comparison with nine histologically similar variants of microcystic adnexal carcinoma (MAC) showed that the latter lesions differed from SS in that they showed much deeper invasion, with regular involvement of the underlying subcutis and perineural or vascular- adventitial infiltration. Moreover, SS was wider than it was deep on microscopic examination, whereas the converse pertained to MAC. Knowledge of the typical clinicopathologic attributes of these two tumor types should prevent clinicians and pathologists from confusing them with each other.
KW - Cutaneous adnexal tumors
KW - Sweat gland carcinomas
KW - Sweat gland neoplasms
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U2 - 10.1097/00000372-199510000-00006
DO - 10.1097/00000372-199510000-00006
M3 - Article
C2 - 8599451
AN - SCOPUS:0028817035
SN - 0193-1091
VL - 17
SP - 465
EP - 470
JO - American Journal of Dermatopathology
JF - American Journal of Dermatopathology
IS - 5
ER -