Eccrine spiradenoma presenting as leg swelling: A case report of rare presentation

Eccrine spiradenoma (ES) is an uncommon benign adnexal tumor of the skin. The highest rate of incidence is observed amongyoung adults, without any sex predilection. The most commont site of presentation is the head and neck and ventral aspect ofthe trunk. We report a case of 80-year-old male who presented with leg swelling for the past 25 years. Cytosmear showed tightclusters of multilayered, uniform, cuboidal cells arranged at places around pink hyaline material. Cells were uniform with scantcytoplasm, round-to-ovoid nuclei, and inconspicuous nucleoli. A differential diagnosis of skin adnexal tumor and adenoid cysticcarcinoma was considered. The histologic findings confirmed ES. Cytological features of ES are sparsely reported in the literature.Although histopathological examination is considered to be the gold standard with characteristic diagnostic features, cytologycan also play an important role in the management of such rare adnexal tumors