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Disseminated Syringomas of the Upper Extremities in a Young Woman

Syringomas are benign, eccrine sweat gland tumors frequently found on the eyelids and neck in post-pubescent women and may present in healthy individuals or be associated with various medical comorbidities. We present a case of an otherwise healthy 19-year-old female with an abrupt onset of dissemin...

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Autores principales: Patel, Kavina, Lundgren, Ashley D, Ahmed, Ammar M, Soldano, Anthony C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6344065/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30693166
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3619
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author Patel, Kavina
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Ahmed, Ammar M
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description Syringomas are benign, eccrine sweat gland tumors frequently found on the eyelids and neck in post-pubescent women and may present in healthy individuals or be associated with various medical comorbidities. We present a case of an otherwise healthy 19-year-old female with an abrupt onset of disseminated syringomas on the bilateral forearms and dorsal hands. Eruptive acral syringomas have not been previously reported in adolescents, and this diagnosis should be considered in patients presenting with a papular eruption on the hands and forearms.
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spelling pubmed-63440652019-01-28 Disseminated Syringomas of the Upper Extremities in a Young Woman Patel, Kavina Lundgren, Ashley D Ahmed, Ammar M Soldano, Anthony C Cureus Dermatology Syringomas are benign, eccrine sweat gland tumors frequently found on the eyelids and neck in post-pubescent women and may present in healthy individuals or be associated with various medical comorbidities. We present a case of an otherwise healthy 19-year-old female with an abrupt onset of disseminated syringomas on the bilateral forearms and dorsal hands. Eruptive acral syringomas have not been previously reported in adolescents, and this diagnosis should be considered in patients presenting with a papular eruption on the hands and forearms. Cureus 2018-11-21 /pmc/articles/PMC6344065/ /pubmed/30693166 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3619 Text en Copyright © 2018, Patel et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Patel, Kavina
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Disseminated Syringomas of the Upper Extremities in a Young Woman
title Disseminated Syringomas of the Upper Extremities in a Young Woman
title_full Disseminated Syringomas of the Upper Extremities in a Young Woman
title_fullStr Disseminated Syringomas of the Upper Extremities in a Young Woman
title_full_unstemmed Disseminated Syringomas of the Upper Extremities in a Young Woman
title_short Disseminated Syringomas of the Upper Extremities in a Young Woman
title_sort disseminated syringomas of the upper extremities in a young woman
topic Dermatology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6344065/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30693166
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3619
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