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Didac Barco, PhD; Eulàlia Baselga, PhD; Marta Alegre, PhD; Romà Curell, PhD; Agustín Alomar, PhD

Arch Dermatol. 2009;145(3):241-243.

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INTRODUCTION

We present the case of an eccrine angiomatous hamartoma in a 12-year-old girl. The lesion caused profuse sweating and lowered her quality of life because of clothes drenching. It was successfully treated with botulinum toxin, and therapeutic response was maintained for several months.

REPORT OF A CASE

A 12-year-old girl was referred to our department for evaluation of a 6-cm erythematous, brownish, indurated plaque that has been present on the sacral area since birth (Figure 1). The gluteal cleft was not deviated, and the lesion was not tender to palpation. The patient complained of profuse sweating that would drench her clothes. These symptoms were distressing and unrelated to emotional stress or physical exercise. A magnetic resonance imaging study revealed no lumbosacral spine abnormalities or cord tethering. A skin biopsy specimen demonstrated benign fibrovascular proliferation with a hyperplasia . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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AUTHOR INFORMATION

Departments of Dermatology (Drs Barco, Baselga, Alegre, and Alomar) and Pathology (Dr Curell), Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain

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