Electronic Physician (Feb 2012)

Malignant clear cell hidradenoma of the upper eyelid

  • Gurucharan Singh,
  • Harendra Kumar,
  • Sridevi N.S,
  • Narendra P. Datti,
  • Sangeeta M,
  • Krithika Rupnarayan

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 2
pp. 490 – 492

Abstract

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Malignant clear cell hidradenoma is a rare eccrine sweat gland neoplasm, probably not reported in the eyelids, although benign clear cell hidradenoma of the eyelid has been reported. A 65 year old lady presented to Ophthalmology outpatient department at Sri R L Jalappa hospital and research centre with a solitary mass over the right upper eyelid associated with mechanical ptosis. Clinical diagnosis was a puzzle because of the shiny pinkish epidermal surface. The tumour was excised. Histopathological examination

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