Adenolipoma of the skin: a report of nine cases.
BACKGROUND
We have identified nine cases of a variant of superficial lipoma that are characterized by the presence of eccrine sweat glands.


OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study was to elucidate the clinical and histopathologic features of this distinctive lesion.


METHODS
Nine cases of lipoma that contain eccrine glands were retrieved from our pathology files from 1989 through 1992. Their clinical and histopathologic features were studied and compared with those of conventional lipoma.


RESULTS
The clinical features of these lesions did not deviate appreciably from those of the usual lipomas. However, their microscopic appearances differed by the presence of displaced and distorted eccrine glands. One lesion had the added features of a myxolipoma.


CONCLUSIONS
Adenolipoma of the skin is a distinct lesion that can occur in the dermis or subcutaneous tissue.
Hitchcock
M G
MG
St. John's Mercy Medical Center, St. Louis, MO 63141.
Hurt
M A
MA
Santa Cruz
D J
DJ
D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004439:Eccrine Glands / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*