ABSTRACT

Syringoma is a benign adnexal tumor arising from eccrine sweat gland ducts and is more commonly seen in women. It is characterized by skin-coloured or yellowish small papules localized generally in the periorbital region.

Generalized eruptive syringoma is also a rare clinical variant of syringoma in which lesions are localized and widespread in the body. Lesions, which usually start to occur in the peripubertal period, can show spontaneous resolution. In unresolved cases, treatment methods such as topical tretinoin or adapalene, excision, electrocoagulation, cryotherapy, and carbon dioxide (CO2) laser may be tried.

In this report, a 24 year-old female patient with symmetrically distributed multiple skin-coloured or yellowish small papules on the periorbital region, upper anterior chest and upper arm appearing during the peripubertal period and diagnosed as generalized eruptive syringoma has been reported. (Turk J Dermatol 2011; 5: 104-6)