PAPILLARY APOCRINE FIBROADENOMA OF THE VULVA

An unusual papillary tumour of the vulva is described which exhibits a pocrine features, as currently defined. The tumour has areas which res emble sclerosing adenosis of the breast and also exhibits mucinous and sebaceous differentiation,A review of the literature reveals a small number of similar lesions of the vulva. Many of these have been classi fied as lesions of ectopic breast tissue. In the absence of associated normal breast lobules it is impossible to differentiate these from le sions arising from apocrine sweat glands. This papillary apocrine fibr oadenoma may represent a distinct cutaneous tumour occurring in this s ite.