title: Adenolipoma of the skin: a report of nine cases.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: St. John's Mercy Medical Center, St. Louis, MO 63141.
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Hitchcock
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Hurt
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Santa Cruz
mesh_terms: 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*