Eccrine syringofibroadenoma treated with a dual pulse width flashlamp pumped pulsed dye laser

Dermatol Surg. 1999 May;25(5):418-20. doi: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.1999.08278.x.

Abstract

Background: Eccrine syringofibroadenoma is a rare benign eccrine ductal proliferation with a predilection for the extremities, most often found in middle-aged and elderly patients. Reported treatments have included excision and conventional destructive modalities; however, recurrences may be common.

Objective: We describe a patient with a chronic ulcerated verrucoid eccrine syringofibroadenoma that persisted despite cryotherapy or curettage and electrodessication.

Results: Treatment with a dual pulse width flashlamp pumped pulsed dye laser (FPDL) produced an excellent clinical response.

Conclusion: Treatment of eccrine syringofibroadenoma with a FPDL may provide both a vascular specific injury, analogous to the treatment of verruca vulgaris, and nonspecific thermal destruction at high fluences.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenoma, Sweat Gland / pathology
  • Adenoma, Sweat Gland / radiotherapy*
  • Fibroadenoma / pathology
  • Fibroadenoma / radiotherapy*
  • Humans
  • Laser Therapy*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Sweat Gland Neoplasms / pathology
  • Sweat Gland Neoplasms / radiotherapy*
  • Treatment Outcome