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A functioning eccrine hamartoma associated with Down's syndrome (46,xx,−21,+t(21q21q)
Author(s) -
Nightingale Kj,
P. Newman,
Davies Mg
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2230.1998.00389.x
Subject(s) - hyperhidrosis , medicine , hamartoma , dermatology , eccrine sweat , hypothalamic hamartoma , pathology , sweat , precocious puberty , hormone
Pure eccrine hamartomas are very rare, and commonly present as localized areas of hyperhidrosis in normal looking skin. We describe a case of bilateral functioning eccrine hamartomas with macroscopically abnormal features in association with Down's syndrome.