Trichoblastoma arising within an apocrine poroma

Am J Dermatopathol. 2002 Feb;24(1):59-62. doi: 10.1097/00000372-200202000-00012.

Abstract

A poroma is a benign neoplasm composed of poroid and cuticular cells and is thought to derive from the eccrine duct. Several recent reports have described cases with sebaceous, follicular, and apocrine differentiation, suggesting a possible apocrine origin, however. Trichoblastoma is a rare benign tumor composed of germinative cells related to the folliculosebaceous-apocrine unit. We report a unique case of a trichoblastoma arising within a poroma with apocrine and sebaceous differentiation. To our knowledge, this exceptional association has not been described previously and may support the theory of the apocrine origin of poromas.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acrospiroma / complications
  • Acrospiroma / pathology*
  • Acrospiroma / surgery
  • Aged
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Hair Diseases / complications
  • Hair Diseases / pathology*
  • Hair Follicle / pathology*
  • Hamartoma / complications
  • Hamartoma / pathology*
  • Hamartoma / surgery
  • Humans
  • Keratosis, Seborrheic / pathology
  • Male
  • Sebaceous Gland Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Sebaceous Gland Neoplasms / surgery