SOLITARY ECCRINE SYRINGOFIBROADENOMA

A 78-year-old woman had a 3 years history of a plaque-like lesion meas uring 2.5 cm in diameter an her left lumbar region. On histological ex amination the lesion consisted of anastomosing strands of cuboidal cel ls with sweat duct lumina within them, embedded in a fibrovascular str oma. A diagnosis of solitary eccrine syringofibroadenoma (ESFA) was ma de. The authors discuss the nosographical position of this lesion. The single lesion may represent the tumoral form of ESFA on the other han d, multiple and associated lesions may be a sporadic hamartomatous con ditions.