title: Apocrine hidrocystoma of the finger.
abstract: An apocrine hidrocystoma occurring on the finger of a 55-year-old man is reported. The lesion presented as a solitary, painless cystic nodule on the dorsal aspect of the middle phalanx of the index finger. Apocrine hidrocystoma is a benign tumour developed from apocrine sweat glands, but the location of the lesion was, however, not consistent with reported locations of apocrine glands in the adult.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, University Hospital Erasme, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: De Fontaine
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Van Geertruyden
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vandeweyer
mesh_terms: D001050:Apocrine Glands / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005385:Fingers / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D018251:Hidrocystoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013544:Sweat Gland Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*