Apocrine Sudoriferous Cyst in Medial Canthal Region Occurred after Trauma. |
Jung Yeul Kim, Eun Kyoung Lee, Yeon Hee Lee, Sung Bok Lee |
1Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea. sblee@cnu.ac.kr 2Chungnam National University Research Institute for Medical Sciences, Daejeon, Korea. |
안외상 후 내안각에 발생한 아포크린땀낭종 1예 |
김정열1,2,이은경1,이연희1,2,이성복1,2 |
Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University,1 Daejeon, Korea Chungnam National University Research Institute for Medical Sciences,2 Daejeon, Korea |
Correspondence:
Sung Bok Lee, M.D. |
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Abstract |
PURPOSE To report a case of apocrine sudoriferous cyst in the left medial canthal region occurred after trauma. CASE SUMMARY: A 75-year-old woman was referred for mass in the medial canthal region after trauma. The patient had got injured and been sutured on left medial canthal region when she was 11 years of age. The painless mass in the left canthal region has occurred after that. The orbital computed tomography showed a 20 x 12 x 19 mm-sized cystic mass. On physical examination, left telecanthus, left exotropia and left hypertropia were also observed. The cyst contained turbid grayish fluid and was removed completely through transcutaneous incision. On histopathologic examination, the cyst was confirmed to apocrine sudoriferous cyst lined by two-layered cuboidal epithelia. |
Key Words:
Apocrine sudoriferous cyst;Trauma;Medial canthal region |
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