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Definition / general | Case reports | Microscopic (histologic) description | Microscopic (histologic) images | Electron microscopy description | Differential diagnosisCite this page: Hale C. Papillary eccrine adenoma. PathologyOutlines.com website. http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/skintumornonmelanocyticpapillaryeccrineadenoma.html. Accessed April 25th, 2019.
Definition / general
- Usually distal extremities of blacks
- Recur locally, don’t metastasize
Case reports
- 28 year old man with a solitary mildly tender nodule on right hand (Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 2004;70:370)
Microscopic (histologic) description
- Eccrine duct-like structures, often dilated and with intraluminal papillomatosis
Microscopic (histologic) images
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Electron microscopy description
- Differentiation towards secretory epithelium of sweat glands
Differential diagnosis
- Aggressive digital papillary adenoma
- Hidradenoma papilliferum
- Low grade eccrine carcinoma
- Syringocystadenoma papilliferum
- Tubular apocrine adenoma
