Synonyms: Fistulous vegetative verrucous hydradenoma | Naevus syringocystadenomatosus papilliferus | Papillary syringocystadenoma | SCAP | Syringadenoma papilliferum
A rare non-malignant adnexal neoplasm that originates from the apocrine or eccrine sweat glands and is characterized histologically by cystic papillary and ductal invaginations into the dermis lined by double-layered outer cuboidal and luminal high columnar epithelium and connected to the epidermis. Dilated capillaries and a dense infiltrate of plasma cells are characteristic. Clinically lesions are asymptomatic with a heterogeneous non-distinctive appearance ranging from skin-colored to pink papules or plaques occurring most commonly in the head and neck area.
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