A case of suboccipital lump with a rare and unexpected diagnosis of apocrine cystadenoma
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- 作者：Richard Maguirea ; Errol Maguirea ; b ; richard.maguire@my.jcu.edu.au" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author
- 关键词：Cystadenoma ; Apocrine ; Lump ; Benign ; Excision
- 刊名：International Journal of Surgery Case Reports
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：18
- 期：Complete
- 页码：12-14
- 全文大小：901 K
文摘
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Cystadenoma of apocrine origin is a tumour of the sweat gland that is benign in nature.
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Classification of this pathology is based upon histological characteristics plus histochemical analysis.
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Prevalence of cystadenoma has been suggested to be quite rare, in the region of 1 in 1000 of subcutaneous biopsies observed.
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Previous classification of cystadenoma via histological and immunohistochemical method; has revealed only two distinct entities and the term hydrocystoma was often used in place of cystadenoma.
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More recent studies have suggested that a third type can be identified via immunohistochemical analysis.