Hidradenocarcinoma: a rare but challenging diagnosis

Jhanna A Moore; Shengjie Cui; Natalie Berger; Sun Kim; Devon O'Guinn; Daniel Labow; Amita Kamath

doi:10.1016/j.clinimag.2021.01.024

Hidradenocarcinoma: a rare but challenging diagnosis

Clin Imaging. 2021 Jul:75:138-142. doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2021.01.024. Epub 2021 Feb 2.

Authors

Jhanna A Moore¹, Shengjie Cui², Natalie Berger³, Sun Kim², Devon O'Guinn², Daniel Labow², Amita Kamath²

Affiliations

¹ Departments of Pathology (S.C.), Surgery (S.K., D.L.) and Radiology (J.A.M., A.K.), Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai West Hospital, 1000 10th Avenue, New York, NY, 10019, United States of America. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Departments of Pathology (S.C.), Surgery (S.K., D.L.) and Radiology (J.A.M., A.K.), Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai West Hospital, 1000 10th Avenue, New York, NY, 10019, United States of America.
³ Student at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1 Gustave L. Levy Pl, New York, NY 10029, United States of America.

PMID: 33549922
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2021.01.024

Abstract

Hidradenocarcinoma is a rare, aggressive cancer arising from sweat glands. Hidradenocarcinoma has no definitive histologic features compared to its benign hidradenoma, thereby posing a diagnostic challenge for clinicians and pathologists. This novel case report demonstrates specific MRI signs that suggested malignant degeneration of hidradenoma.

Keywords: Axilla; Extremity; Hidradenocarcinoma; Hidradenoma; Sweat gland tumor.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acrospiroma* / diagnostic imaging
Acrospiroma* / surgery
Adenoma, Sweat Gland* / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Sweat Gland Neoplasms* / diagnostic imaging
Sweat Gland Neoplasms* / surgery