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Hidrocystoma

MedGen UID:
61656
Concept ID:
C0206672
Neoplastic Process
Synonym: Hidrocystomas
SNOMED CT: Hidrocystoma (80549000)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0006787

Definition

A benign cystic proliferation of the sweat glands with apocrine or eccrine differentiation. It usually presents as a dome-shaped, cystic papular or nodular lesion usually in the face and neck. It is a unilocular or mutlilocular lesion lined by an inner and an outer layer of epithelium. Complete excision is usually curative. [from NCI]

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PubMed

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Recent clinical studies

Etiology

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Diagnosis

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Therapy

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Kuan AHY, Tey HL
J Dermatolog Treat 2021 Dec;32(8):997-998. Epub 2020 Jan 23 doi: 10.1080/09546634.2020.1716929. PMID: 31931642
Alster TS, Harrison IS
Am J Clin Dermatol 2020 Dec;21(6):855-880. doi: 10.1007/s40257-020-00532-0. PMID: 32651806
Tekin B, Karadag AS, Koska MC
J Am Acad Dermatol 2017 Jun;76(6):e203-e204. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2017.01.024. PMID: 28522061
Lee MR, Ryman W
Australas J Dermatol 2004 Aug;45(3):178-80. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2004.00084.x. PMID: 15250898

Prognosis

Adkins KE, Busam K, Pulitzer M
Am J Surg Pathol 2023 Oct 1;47(10):1186-1191. Epub 2023 Aug 3 doi: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000002107. PMID: 37530225Free PMC Article
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Tekin B, Karadag AS, Koska MC
J Am Acad Dermatol 2017 Jun;76(6):e203-e204. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2017.01.024. PMID: 28522061
Angiero F, Ferrante F, Crippa R, Ottonello A, Mauro S, Valente MG
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Clinical prediction guides

Kervarrec T, Tallet A, Macagno N, de la Fouchardière A, Pissaloux D, Tirode F, Bravo IG, Nicolas A, Baulande S, Sohier P, Balme B, Osio A, Jullie ML, Moulonguet I, Bonsang B, Tournier E, Herfs M, Frouin E, Zidan A, Calonje E, Berthon P, Touzé A, Seris A, Mortier L, Jouary T, Cribier B, Battistella M
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J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2014 Mar;28(3):378-81. Epub 2012 Dec 1 doi: 10.1111/jdv.12044. PMID: 23198900
Alfadley A, Al Aboud K, Tulba A, Mourad MM
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Recent systematic reviews

Trischman T, Scott JF
J Cutan Med Surg 2020 Sep/Oct;24(5):474-480. Epub 2020 Apr 7 doi: 10.1177/1203475420915453. PMID: 32253923
Alhatem A, Patel N, Lambert WC, Heller DS
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