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Arch Dermatol. 2005;141:515-520.

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Diagnosis: Pure eccrine nevus (EN).

MICROSCOPIC FINDINGS

Microscopic examination of the lesion showed a silhouette consistent with a skin tag. The lesion was composed of loose stroma with an increased number of well-formed miniaturized eccrine ducts and coils in the dermis. No cytologic atypia or mitotic activity was observed. The distribution and appearance of blood vessels were normal, and no angiomatous proliferation was detected.

DISCUSSION

Eccrine nevus, which is a very rare benign appendageal tumor, has been most frequently reported in the literature as clinically presenting as a circumscribed area of hyperhydrosis.¹ It may also present as a depressed brownish patch, a centrally depressed nodule with scaly border, a solitary sweat-discharging pore, or asymptomatic papules without hyperhidrosis, sometimes in linear distribution. The most frequent location of EN is the forearm, but other sites, such as the legs, forehead, back, perianal area, hands, scalp, and trunk, may also be involved.¹ The present case had the clinical appearance of a . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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