Syringoma - DermAtlas - Dermatology Image Atlas

Contributor

Greg Hosler, MD, PhD

Diagnosis

syringoma

Body Site

eye lid

Age

36 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

grouped, clustered

Color

yellow skin color

Morphology

papule

Pattern

symmetric

Comments

This eyelid specimen from a 36-year-old white man was felt clinically to be xanthalasma. Syringomas typically present around the eyes/eyelids of young adults. Rarely they are found in other locations, such as in the pelvic region.

Description

Histologic sections of skin show a proliferation of small, bland glands, within a fibrous stroma, situated in the dermis. The proliferation is vaguely wedge-shaped, although it does extend to the specimen margins.

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1/20/2006 22:50:14

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