Rare benign cystic lesions on face: Apocrine hidrocystoma

Ovhal, Ajay Govindrao; Deshkulakarani, Shruthi Vasanthkumar; Abhange, Rahul Suryakantrao; Birare, Shivaji Dadarao

doi:10.4103/0019-5154.177778

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“…Clinically, hidrocystomas may mimic eruptive vellus hair cysts, comedonal acne, eruptive syringomas, basal cell carcinoma, trichoepithelioma, and multiple pilomatricomas. Dermoscopy may be useful to differentiate this entity from the other tumors by showing well‐demarcated homogenous areas surrounded by a pale halo with peripheral arborizing vessels or irregular linear vessels . These dermoscopic features are not really specific of hidrocystomas and cannot alone rule out malignancy.…”

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Multiple facial translucent papules

Zaouak

Fenniche

2018

Int J Dermatology

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A 55-year-old woman was referred to our department for multiple asymptomatic translucent skin-colored vesiculopapular lesions located on the cheeks and eyelids. The lesions were present since 5 years, worsening in summer and regressing in cold weather ( Fig. 1).Dermoscopic findings revealed a well-demarcated homogenous bluish area surrounded by a pale halo with arborizing vessels (using a nonpolarized Fotofinder dermoscope X20) ( Fig. 2). Histopathological findingsA 4 mm punch skin biopsy was performed. The biopsy revealed a normal epidermis. The dermis showed a solitary cyst lined with a layer of small cuboidal cells. No connection between the cyst and the epidermis was observed (Fig. 3). (b)Figure 3 (a) Dermal cysts containing clear fluid (Hematoxylin and eosin, 940). (b) A dermal cyst lined with a single layer of cuboidal epithelial cells with an eosinophilic cytoplasm. No apocrine decapitation secretion was observed (Hematoxylin and eosin, 9100) Figure 1 Multiple skin-colored cystic papulonodular lesions ranging from 2 to 5 mm in diameter located mainly on the periorbital region and the cheeksFigure 2 A well-demarcated homogenous bluish area surrounded by a pale halo with arborizing vessels (using a nonpolarized Fotofinder dermoscope 920) ª

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