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Tubular apocrine adenoma with syringocystadenoma papilliferum arising from the external auditory canal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

Chi-Kyou Lee
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Cheonan Hospital, Soonchunhyang University School of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
Kee-Taek Jang
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Yang-Sun Cho
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

Tubular apocrine adenoma (TAA) is a very rare sweat gland tumour. Comprehensive review of the literature reveals that TAA in the external auditory canal (EAC) has not yet been reported. We report a case of TAA in the EAC, together with characteristic histopathological findings.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 2005 Royal Society of Medicine Press

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