Eccrine syringofibroadenoma treated with a dual pulse width flashlamp pumped pulsed dye laser.
BACKGROUND
Eccrine syringofibroadenoma is a rare benign eccrine ductal proliferation with a predilection for the extremities, most often found in middle-aged and elderly patients. Reported treatments have included excision and conventional destructive modalities; however, recurrences may be common.


OBJECTIVE
We describe a patient with a chronic ulcerated verrucoid eccrine syringofibroadenoma that persisted despite cryotherapy or curettage and electrodessication.


RESULTS
Treatment with a dual pulse width flashlamp pumped pulsed dye laser (FPDL) produced an excellent clinical response.


CONCLUSIONS
Treatment of eccrine syringofibroadenoma with a FPDL may provide both a vascular specific injury, analogous to the treatment of verruca vulgaris, and nonspecific thermal destruction at high fluences.
Trauner
M A
MA
Department of Dermatology, University of California, Davis, USA.
Narurkar
V A
VA
Ruben
B S
BS
D006607:Adenoma, Sweat Gland / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D018226:Fibroadenoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013544:Sweat Gland Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome