Skip to main content
. 2026 Mar 29;18(3):e106069. doi: 10.7759/cureus.106069

Table 2. Frequency and distribution of histopathological diagnoses of skin adnexal tumours (N = 47).

Histopathological Diagnosis Behaviour n % 95% CI (%) Concordance n (%)
Eccrine differentiation — n = 31 (66.0%; 95% CI: 51.8–80.2%)
Hidradenoma (Nodular/clear cell/benign nodular variants) Benign 8 17 8.9 – 30.1 0 (0.0%)
Eccrine spiradenoma Benign 4 8.5 0.6 – 16.4 0 (0.0%)
Syringoma Benign 3 6.4 0.0 – 13.4 2 (66.7%)
Chondroid syringoma Benign 3 6.4 0.0 – 13.4 0 (0.0%)
Eccrine poroma Benign 2 4.3 0.0 – 10.1 0 (0.0%)
Syringocystadenoma papilliferum Benign 2 4.3 0.0 – 10.1 0 (0.0%)
Eccrine poroma (pigmented variant) Benign 1 2.1 0.0 – 6.2 0 (0.0%)
Naevus sebaceous with syringocystadenoma Benign 1 2.1 0.0 – 6.2 1 (100.0%)
Cylindroma Benign 1 2.1 0.0 – 6.2 0 (0.0%)
Malignant eccrine poroma Malignant 2 4.3 0.0 – 10.1 1 (50.0%)
Malignant nodular Hidradenoma Malignant 1 2.1 0.0 – 6.2 0 (0.0%)
Clear cell Hidradenocarcinoma Malignant 1 2.1 0.0 – 6.2 0 (0.0%)
Mucinous carcinoma Malignant 1 2.1 0.0 – 6.2 0 (0.0%)
Adenoid cystic carcinoma Malignant 1 2.1 0.0 – 6.2 0 (0.0%)
Follicular differentiation — n = 11 (23.4%; 95% CI: 11.3–35.5%)
Pilomatricoma Benign 5 10.6 1.9 – 19.3 0 (0.0%)
Trichoepithelioma Benign 3 6.4 0.0 – 13.4 1 (33.3%)
Trichoblastoma Benign 1 2.1 0.0 – 6.2 0 (0.0%)
Trichilemmal carcinoma Malignant 2 4.3 0.0 – 10.1 1 (50.0%)
Sebaceous differentiation — n = 5 (10.6%; 95% CI: 1.9–19.3%)
Nevus sebaceous Benign 3 6.4 0.0 – 13.4 3 (100.0%)
Sebaceous adenoma Benign 2 4.3 0.0 – 10.1 1 (50.0%)
Total — 47 100 — 10 (21.3%)