TY - BOOK AU - Sheth, H.G. AU - Raina, J. TI - Giant eccrine hidrocystoma presenting with unilateral ptosis and epiphora PY - 2008/// N1 - NMUH Staff Publications; 28 N2 - <h4 style="font-size: 13px; margin: 0px 0.25em 0px 0px; text-transform: uppercase; float: left; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">PURPOSE:</span></h4><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; font-size: 1.04em; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">To report the presentation and management of an atypical and advanced case of hidrocystoma of the eyelids with associated functional complications.</span></p><h4 style="font-size: 13px; margin: 0px 0.25em 0px 0px; text-transform: uppercase; float: left; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">METHODS:</span></h4><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; font-size: 1.04em; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Interventional case report with clinical photographs at presentation, intra-operative photographs, and histology.</span></p><h4 style="font-size: 13px; margin: 0px 0.25em 0px 0px; text-transform: uppercase; float: left; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">RESULTS:</span></h4><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; font-size: 1.04em; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">A 55-year-old lady who presented with massive upper and lower eyelid swellings causing mechanical ptosis and epiphora, respectively, was managed by surgical excision of the lesions. Histology confirmed eccrine hidrocystoma.</span></p><h4 style="font-size: 13px; margin: 0px 0.25em 0px 0px; text-transform: uppercase; float: left; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">CONCLUSIONS:</span></h4><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; font-size: 1.04em; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Eccrine hidrocystoma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of adnexal masses and such lesions may cause significant functional and cosmetic morbidity despite their histologically benign nature.</span></p> UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17922081 UR - http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs10792-007-9153-7.pdf ER -