Benign Skin Appendage Neoplasm

MedGen UID:: 83865
•Concept ID:: C0347391
•: Neoplastic Process

Synonyms:	Benign Cutaneous Adnexal Neoplasm; Benign Epidermal Appendage Neoplasm; Benign Epidermal Appendage Tumor; Benign neoplasm of adnexa of skin; Benign Neoplasm of Epidermal Appendage; Benign Neoplasm of the Epidermal Appendage; Benign tumor of epidermal appendage; Benign Tumor of Epidermal Appendage; Benign Tumor of the Epidermal Appendage
SNOMED CT:	Benign neoplasm of adnexa of skin (91965004); Benign tumor of epidermal appendage (91965004)

Definition

A neoplasm that arises from the hair follicles, sebaceous glands, or sweat glands. It is characterized by the absence of atypical or malignant cytological and architectural features, and absence of invasive features or metastatic potential. Representative examples include cylindroma, hidrocystoma, hidradenoma, and sebaceoma. [from NCI]

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CROGVBenign Skin Appendage Neoplasm

Pathological process
- Disease
  - Neoplasm
    - Neoplasm by Special Category
      - Benign neoplasm
        Benign neoplasm of skin
        Benign Skin Appendage Neoplasm
        Benign Hair Follicle Neoplasm
        Benign Germinative Follicular Epithelium Neoplasm
        Melanocytic Matricoma
        Pilomatrixoma
        Trichoepithelioma
        Trichofolliculoma
        Benign Mixed Epithelial and Mesenchymal Hair Follicle Neoplasm
        Benign Outer Hair Sheath and Infundibulum Neoplasm
        Follicular infundibulum tumor
        Pilar sheath acanthoma
        Trichilemmoma
        Trichoadenoma
        Benign Pilar-Associated Mesenchyme Neoplasm
        Fibrofolliculoma
        Follicular Myxoma
        Perifollicular fibroma
        Pilar Leiomyoma
        Trichodiscoma
        Benign neoplasm of sebaceous gland
        Sebaceoma
        Sebaceous adenoma
        Superficial Epithelioma with Sebaceous Differentiation
        Benign neoplasm of sweat gland
        Benign Apocrine Neoplasm
        Apocrine adenoma
        Benign eccrine neoplasm
        Digital Papillary Adenoma
        Eccrine Hidrocystoma
        Eccrine syringofibroadenoma
        Syringoma
        Cylindroma
        Familial cylindromatosis
        Sporadic Cylindroma
        Eccrine mixed tumor of skin
        Eccrine spiradenoma
        Benign eccrine breast spiradenoma
        Hidrocystoma
        Apocrine hidrocystoma
        Papillary hidradenoma
        Anal Hidradenoma Papilliferum
        Vulvar Hidradenoma Papilliferum
        Spiradenocylindroma
        Sweat gland adenoma
        Acrospiromas
        Clear cell hidradenoma
        Eccrine acrospiroma
        Poroma
        Syringocystadenoma papilliferum
        Tubular Sweat Gland Adenomas
        Skin Appendage Adenoma
        Skin Myoepithelioma

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Current Diagnosis and Treatment Options for Cutaneous Adnexal Neoplasms with Apocrine and Eccrine Differentiation.

Płachta I, Kleibert M, Czarnecka AM, Spałek M, Szumera-Ciećkiewicz A, Rutkowski P
Int J Mol Sci 2021 May 11;22(10) doi: 10.3390/ijms22105077. PMID: 34064849 Free PMC Article

Challenges in diagnosis and management of a spiradenocarcinoma: a comprehensive literature review.

Wagner K, Jassal K, Lee JC, Ban EJ, Cameron R, Serpell J
ANZ J Surg 2021 Oct;91(10):1996-2001. Epub 2021 Feb 1 doi: 10.1111/ans.16626. PMID: 33522696

On the differential diagnosis of clear cell tumours of the head and neck.

Eversole LR
Eur J Cancer B Oral Oncol 1993 Jul;29B(3):173-9. doi: 10.1016/0964-1955(93)90019-b. PMID: 8298420

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