| Syringoma is a benign adnexal neoplasm formed by | | | | Syringomas are benign adnexal tumors of eccrine |
| well-differentiated ductal elements. Syringoma is a | | | | origin with four principal clinical variants. Syringomas |
| non-cancerous (benign) bump usually found on the | | | | can be associated with Down syndrome. Syringoma is |
| upper cheeks and lower eyelids of young adults. A | | | | a tumor that is located mostly in the superficial |
| syringoma is a skin coloured or yellowish firm rounded | | | | dermis. It is composed of numerous small ducts |
| bump, one to three millimetres in diameter. Syringoma | | | | embedded in a sclerotic stroma. One method that |
| is completely harmless and is caused by the | | | | seems to be effective and creates minimal scarring is |
| overgrowth of cells from sweat glands. Syringomas | | | | the use of a hair removal electric needle; another |
| are often treated by electrosurgery (diathermy) or | | | | promising technique uses a CO2 laser.The goal of |
| laser. This may or may not prove successful and can | | | | therapy should be the destruction of the tumor with |
| result in small scars. Syringomas can appear at any | | | | minimal scarring and no recurrence. Laser treatment is |
| age, though they usually occur after puberty. | | | | an option. Prior to treatment the area is injected with |
| Syringomas can develop in people of any race and of | | | | lidocaine to numb the area. Electrocautery involves |
| either gender, though females are more commonly | | | | the passage of an electrical current from a small |
| affected. | | | | metal tip to the syringoma effectively burning the |
| Syringomas can occasionally run in families. | | | | lesion. |
| Syringomas do not itch or cause pain. Up to 18% of | | | | Syringoma (Hidradenomes eruptifis) - Prevention and |
| people with Down syndrome may have syringomas. | | | | Treatment Tips |
| Eruptive syringomas appear abruptly in adult life. Most | | | | 1. Prior to treatment the area is injected with |
| patients with eruptive syringomas are Asian or dark | | | | lidocaine to numb the area. |
| skinned. Syringomas more frequently affect women | | | | 2. Electrocautery involves the passage of an electrical |
| and do have an hereditary basis in some, but not all, | | | | current from a small metal tip to the syringoma |
| cases. Syringomas may be associated with Down | | | | effectively burning the lesion. |
| syndrome.Syringomas are frequently incidental, | | | | 3. Physical techniques such as excision, |
| although some familial cases may occur. A syringoma | | | | electrocoagulation is useful trreatment. |
| is a skin coloured or yellowish firm rounded bump, | | | | 4. Liquid nitrogen cryotherapy yield poor cosmetic |
| one to three millimetres in diameter. Syringoma may | | | | results. |
| be confused with xanthelasma (cholesterol deposits | | | | 5. Technique uses a CO2 laser is treat syringoma. |
| on the eyelids), trichoepitheliomas or basal cell skin | | | | Juliet Cohen writes health articles for skin diseases |
| cancer. | | | | and skin disorders. |