A Case of Apocrine Hidrocystoma on the Ankle.

Kwon, Osung; Choi, Yong Woo; Park, Kyung Duck; Chung, Hyun; Park, Joonsoo

Case Report

Keimyung Medical Journal 2017;36(1-2):65-68.
Published online September 4, 2017.

A Case of Apocrine Hidrocystoma on the Ankle.

Osung Kwon, Yong Woo Choi, Kyung Duck Park, Hyun Chung, Joonsoo Park

Department of Dermatology, The Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea. g9563009@cu.ac.kr

Abstract

Apocrine hidrocystoma is a benign tumor arising from apocrine sweat gland. It presents as a solitary translucent nodule, usually on the face, head, and neck. However it is extremely rare for the apocrine hidrocystoma to arise on the extremities, and no case of apocrine hidrocystoma on lower extremity has been reported in Korean dermatologic literature. Herein, we report a case of 63-year-old male apocrine hidrocystoma that developed in ankle area with a review of the literature.

Key Words: Ankle, Apocrine hidrocystoma