Poroid hidradenomas – a case series

Poroid hidradenoma: a case report.

Poroid hidradenoma is a variant of the eccrine poroma that belongs to the group of poroid neoplasms. It presents architectural features of hidradenoma, with solid and cystic areas and tumour cells restricted to the dermis, and cytological features of poroid neoplasm such as poroid and cuticular cells. Poroid hidradenoma becomes malignant in less than 1% of cases, but its histologic characterist...

Poroid hidradenoma.

A 65-year-old male presented with a slowly enlarging nodule on his right leg, which had been present for 10 years and which had gradually increased in size over the previous 6 months. Physical examination revealed a red and dark bluish, dome-shaped nodule, 26 mm × 22 mm in size, on the right side of the posterior aspect of his right leg (Fig. 1). Histopathology revealed a well-demarcated, solid...

Papillary poroid hidradenoma.

Hydroxychloroquine Induced Retinopathy: A Case Series

Background and Purpose: Occular toxicity is one of the most important complications of Hydroxychloroquine. Not any type of treatment has so far been found and recommended for this disorder. The purpose of this study was to report some characteristics of patients with Hydroxychloroquine Induced Retinopathy.    Materials and Methods: From 107 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (...

Nodular hidradenoma arising on the site of a BCG scar.

Hidradenomas are tumours that arise from the adnexal structures, both eccrine and apocrine and are histologically benign. The tumours that arise from eccrine differentiation are known as poroid hidradenomas and when they arise from the apocrine glands they are called nodular hidradenomas. In our centre a 13-year-old boy presented with a slow-growing, painless erythematous fungating nodule on th...