Squamoid eccrine ductal carcinoma: clinical, histological and immunohistochemical features.

Squamoid eccrine ductal carcinoma (SEDC) is a cutaneous adnexal malignancy that is histologically challenging to distinguish from squamous cell carcinoma. We report three cases of this rare entity and review the present literature regarding clinical, histological, and immunohistochemical features. Patients presented with a single nodule or plaque lesion on their back and temple. The shave biopsies for Patient A and C were interpreted as SEDC. Patient B's initial shave biopsy was interpreted as probable surface of squamous cell carcinoma, and subsequent excision revealed SEDC. Ductal differentiation was confirmed by positive expression of epithelial membrane antigen and carcinoembryonic antigen immunostains in all three patients. Review of the 67 previously reported cases emphasizes the importance of diagnosing SEDC accurately and promptly given its potential for distant metastasis and mortality. Perineural or lymphatic invasion is associated with higher rate of recurrence or metastasis. There should be high pathologic suspicion for SEDC in an elderly patient presenting with a palpable lesion, even if located outside of the head and neck area, particularly when there is suggestion of ductal differentiation in a sample of a squamous neoplasm.

Clinical and morphological features of eccrine acrospiroma: analysis of literature data and case from practice.

Eccrine acrospiroma is a rare benign tumor of the skin arising from the epithelial cells of eccrine sweat ducts. The clinical picture is characterized by its variability, so a detailed morphological study of the operative material is necessary to establish a diagnosis. Differential diagnosis must be carried out with hemangioma, melanoma, infected sebaceous cyst, metastatic skin lesion, and other tumors from elements of the sweat gland. In the article the authors presented the clinical and morphological analysis of own case from practice of large eccrine acrospiroma on the back surface of the left thigh which was diagnosed in a 56-year-old man.

Subclinical effects of botulinum toxin A and microwave thermolysis for axillary hyperhidrosis: A descriptive study with line-field confocal optical coherence tomography and histology.

Botulinum toxin A (BTX) and microwave thermolysis (MWT) are standard axillary hyperhidrosis treatments, but comparison of their subclinical effects is lacking. Line-field confocal optical coherence tomography (LC-OCT) is a promising non-invasive imaging tool for visualizing tissue-interactions. This study aimed to describe subclinical effects of BTX and MWT for axillary hyperhidrosis with LC-OCT-imaging compared to histology. This study derived from an intra-individual, randomized, controlled trial, treating axillary hyperhidrosis with BTX versus MWT. Subclinical effects based on LC-OCT images from baseline and 6-month follow-up (n = 8 patients) were evaluated and compared to corresponding histological samples. At baseline, LC-OCT visualized eccrine pores at the skin surface and ducts in the upper dermis (500 µm), but not deeper-lying sweat glands. Histology identified entire sweat glands. Six months post-treatment, LC-OCT revealed no detectable morphology changes in any BTX-treated axillae (100%), while recognizing obstructed eccrine pores and atrophy of eccrine ducts in most MWT-treated axillae (75%). Histology corroborated LC-OCT findings, while also showing substantial changes to entire sweat glands. LC-OCT enabled visualization of subclinical alterations of superficial eccrine ducts after MWT and unchanged morphology after BTX. LC-OCT is a promising tool for non-invasive assessment of treatment-specific tissue-interactions that can be complementary to histology.

Case of eccrine chondroid syringoma of the upper lip.

Chondroid syringoma (CS) is a benign, slow-growing mixed tumour that arises from the sweat glands and usually presents in the head and neck area. Histopathological examination is important for proper diagnosis, as CS is often confused with epidermal cysts due to its rare presentation. This article presents a man in his 40s with a right upper lip mass that emerged 6 months prior to presentation. An intraoral surgical excision was performed and the histopathological analysis revealed solid epithelial cells that formed multiple, non-branching ducts lined by cuboidal epithelium. Cystic spaces were filled by heterogeneous eosinophilic material embedded in chondromyxoid stroma. Histopathology identified the lesion as an eccrine-variant CS. The patient recovered well.

Syringoid eccrine carcinoma of the nipple in a male patient with lymph node metastasis: A case report.

ABSTRACT: Syringoid eccrine carcinoma of nipple is an extremely rare neoplasm of adnexal origin with variable clinical appearance and diverse histologic findings. Syringoid eccrine carcinoma (SEC) is often a diagnostic dilemma due to its morphology and presentation. Usually, these malignancies arise as non-ulcerated nodules or plaques in the head & neck region including the trunk. They are locally aggressive and have an infiltrative growth pattern with a propensity for metastasis. SEC is characterized by syringoma-like tadpole morphology with ductular differentiation and predominant desmoplasia. Immunostaining in SEC is variable and this variability is believed to arise from the tumor's ability to differentiate along multiple routes including sweat secretory and or ductal differentiation. Here we present a rare case of SEC/ syringomatous carcinoma of nipple in a 51-year-old male breast with associated axillary lymph node metastasis. As per English literature, this is the second case of SEC in nipple of male patient.

Defining the fate trajectory of eccrine gland formation.

Eccrine glands secrete water onto the surface of human skin to regulate body temperature. In this issue of Developmental Cell, Dingwall et al. dissect the transcriptional signature of developing eccrine glands, and they also uncover a unique dermal niche that is responsible for promoting eccrine gland developmental progression.

A fluorescence imaging technique suggests that sweat leakage in the epidermis contributes to the pathomechanism of palmoplantar pustulosis.

Sweat is an essential protection system for the body, but its failure can result in pathologic conditions, including several skin diseases, such as palmoplantar pustulosis (PPP). As reduced intraepidermal E-cadherin expression in skin lesions was confirmed in PPP skin lesions, a role for interleukin (IL)-1-rich sweat in PPP has been proposed, and IL-1 has been implicated in the altered E-cadherin expression observed in both cultured keratinocytes and mice epidermis. For further investigation, live imaging of sweat perspiration on a mouse toe-pad under two-photon excitation microscopy was performed using a novel fluorescent dye cocktail (which we named JSAC). Finally, intraepidermal vesicle formation which is the main cause of PPP pathogenesis was successfully induced using our "LASER-snipe" technique with JSAC. "LASER-snipe" is a type of laser ablation technique that uses two-photon absorption of fluorescent material to destroy a few acrosyringium cells at a pinpoint location in three-dimensional space of living tissue to cause eccrine sweat leakage. These observatory techniques and this mouse model may be useful not only in live imaging for physiological phenomena in vivo such as PPP pathomechanism investigation, but also for the field of functional physiological morphology.

Epidermal and dermal cells from adult rat eccrine sweat gland-containing skin can reconstruct the three-dimensional structure of eccrine sweat glands.

BACKGROUND: Previously, we have demonstrated that eccrine sweat gland cells (ESGCs) can reconstruct the three-dimensional (3D) structure of eccrine sweat glands (ESGs). However, there is still a need to explore source cells capable of regenerating ESG to address the issue of ESG regeneration in ESGC-deficient conditions, such as severe burns. METHODS: The epidermal cells and dermal cells in adult rat ventral foot skin (ESG-bearing) were isolated. The isolated single epidermal cells and dermal cells were mixed with Matrigel, and then the mixture was implanted into the axillary/inguinal fat pads of nude mice. Five weeks after implantation, the Matrigel plugs were harvested and the morphology and differentiation of the cells were examined by H&E staining and fluorescent immunohistochemical staining for ESG markers, such as Na+ -K+ -2Cl- cotransporter 1 (NKCC1), Na+ -K+ -ATPase (NKA), Foxa1 and K14. RESULTS: The epidermal cells and dermal cells of adult rat ventral foot skin can reconstruct 3D structure and express specific markers of ESGs in skin, such as NKCC1, NKA and Foxa1, indicating the ESG-phenotypic differentiation of the 3D structures. Double immunofluorescence staining showed that some 3D structures expressed both the myoepithelial cell marker alpha-SMA and the common marker K14 of duct cells and myoepithelial cells, while some 3D structures expressed only K14, indicating that ESG-like 3D structures differentiated into duct-like and secretory coiled cells. CONCLUSION: Epidermal and dermal cells from adult ESG-bearing skin can be used as a cell source for ESG regeneration.

Cutaneous Horn Presentation in Porokeratotic Eccrine Ostial and Dermal Duct Nevus. A Brief Review and Case Report.

ABSTRACT: Porokeratotic eccrine ostial and dermal duct nevus is a rare adnexal hamartoma characterized by the presence of a cornoid lamella exclusively overlying eccrine acrosyringia. Different clinical presentations have been reported in the literature. Here, we report a case of a 6-year-old girl diagnosed with porokeratotic eccrine ostial and dermal duct nevus confirmed by histopathologic study. Atypical lesions are described as whitish, warty-looking neoformations located in the anterolateral region of the right hip (cutaneous horn).

Sweat gland development requires an eccrine dermal niche and couples two epidermal programs.

Eccrine sweat glands are indispensable for human thermoregulation and, similar to other mammalian skin appendages, form from multipotent epidermal progenitors. Limited understanding of how epidermal progenitors specialize to form these vital organs has precluded therapeutic efforts toward their regeneration. Herein, we applied single-nucleus transcriptomics to compare the expression content of wild-type, eccrine-forming mouse skin to that of mice harboring a skin-specific disruption of Engrailed 1 (En1), a transcription factor that promotes eccrine gland formation in humans and mice. We identify two concurrent but disproportionate epidermal transcriptomes in the early eccrine anlagen: one that is shared with hair follicles and one that is En1 dependent and eccrine specific. We demonstrate that eccrine development requires the induction of a dermal niche proximal to each developing gland in humans and mice. Our study defines the signatures of eccrine identity and uncovers the eccrine dermal niche, setting the stage for targeted regeneration and comprehensive skin repair.

Gap junction-mediated contraction of myoepithelial cells induces the peristaltic transport of sweat in human eccrine glands.

Eccrine sweat glands play an essential role in regulating body temperature. Sweat is produced in the coiled secretory portion of the gland, which is surrounded by obliquely aligned myoepithelial cells; the sweat is then peristaltically transported to the skin surface. Myoepithelial cells are contractile and have been implicated in sweat transport, but how myoepithelial cells contract and transport sweat remains unexplored. Here, we perform ex vivo live imaging of an isolated human eccrine gland and demonstrate that cholinergic stimulation induces dynamic contractile motion of the coiled secretory duct that is driven by gap junction-mediated contraction of myoepithelial cells. The contraction of the secretory duct occurs segmentally, and it is most prominent in the region surrounded by nerve fibers, followed by distension-contraction sequences of the excretory duct. Overall, our ex vivo live imaging approach provides evidence of the contractile function of myoepithelial cells in peristaltic sweat secretion from human eccrine glands.

Porocarcinoma of the Left Foot: A Case Review.

Eccrine porocarcinoma is a rare malignant tumor of the eccrine sweat gland. This malignancy occurs most commonly in the lower extremities. It tends to occur in patients aged 60 to 80 years, affecting men and women equally. We present the case of a 62-year-old man with a lesion on the left foot. The diagnosis of the initial biopsy was squamous cell carcinoma. Six months later, the lesion reoccurred, and a second biopsy confirmed it to be eccrine porocarcinoma.

Eccrine Ductal Carcinoma of the Eyelid.

The authors present the third example of an eccrine ductal carcinoma of the eyelid. A woman in her early 70s presented with a lesion of the central right lower eyelid margin in the vicinity where an actinic keratosis was diagnosed by biopsy 2.75 years previously. Her dermatologist and ophthalmologist monitored the area of actinic keratosis, and it was stable for 2.5 years until the area became ulcerated and thickened with the loss of eyelashes. A wedge resection disclosed a squamous cell carcinoma in situ and a separate eccrine ductal carcinoma. The eccrine ductal carcinoma had in situ tumor thickening, an eccrine duct component, and an invasive tumor infiltrating the tarsal plate and replacing the normal meibomian glands. The invasive eccrine ductal carcinoma only mildly thickened the tarsal plate and was most likely an incidental finding in a biopsy prompted by the squamous cell carcinoma in situ. The 5-year relative survival rate for malignant apocrine-eccrine tumors is approximately 97%, and our patient is alive and without evidence of local or distant tumor recurrence 5.5 years following the excision of her eyelid tumor.

Eccrine Angiomatous Hamartoma with Atypical Localization Treated by Mohs Micrographic Surgery.

ABSTRACT: Eccrine angiomatous hamartoma (EAH) is a rare hamartoma characterized by a benign proliferation of eccrine glands and vascular structures in the dermis. These tumors rarely regress spontaneously, so surgical excision of the involved tissue is required when pain or enlargement occurs. Here, the authors report the clinical case of a patient affected by an extremely painful EAH with the atypical localization at the last phalanx of the thumb of the right hand with involvement of nail matrix and nail bed. This report aims to emphasize the application of Mohs micrographic surgery for the treatment of painful EAH in a very difficult area at potential risk of amputation while preserving the maximum anatomical integrity and function of the damaged area. These results can pave the way for the use of Mohs micrographic surgery for very carefully selected benign neoplasms when their surgical removal is required.