Malignant nodular hidradenoma of scalp

Malignant nodular hidradenoma (MNH) is a rare tumor of sweat gland known by many names in the literature. Scalp is a known and yet uncommon site of occurrence. We describe two patients with scalp MNH with brain parenchymal invasion. Both tumors recurred in spite of total excision and radiotherapy.

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Main Authors: Tanmoy Maiti, Sampath Somanna, Bhagavatula Indira Devi, Asha Unchagi, Dhaval Shukla
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2014-10-01
Series:Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0976-3147.140011
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spelling doaj-0a6118b59a174243a9e42a379e75fb0a2021-04-02T13:17:01ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice0976-31470976-31552014-10-01050442342510.4103/0976-3147.140011Malignant nodular hidradenoma of scalpTanmoy Maiti0Sampath Somanna1Bhagavatula Indira Devi2Asha Unchagi3Dhaval Shukla4Department of Neurosurgery, Rahman Hospital, Guwahati, Assam , IndiaDepartment of Neurosurgery, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, IndiaDepartment of Neurosurgery, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, IndiaDepartment of Neuropathology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, IndiaDepartment of Neurosurgery, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, IndiaMalignant nodular hidradenoma (MNH) is a rare tumor of sweat gland known by many names in the literature. Scalp is a known and yet uncommon site of occurrence. We describe two patients with scalp MNH with brain parenchymal invasion. Both tumors recurred in spite of total excision and radiotherapy.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0976-3147.140011cutaneous adnexal tumormalignant nodular hidradenomascalp tumorskull tumor
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author Tanmoy Maiti
Sampath Somanna
Bhagavatula Indira Devi
Asha Unchagi
Dhaval Shukla
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Sampath Somanna
Bhagavatula Indira Devi
Asha Unchagi
Dhaval Shukla
Malignant nodular hidradenoma of scalp
Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice
cutaneous adnexal tumor
malignant nodular hidradenoma
scalp tumor
skull tumor
author_facet Tanmoy Maiti
Sampath Somanna
Bhagavatula Indira Devi
Asha Unchagi
Dhaval Shukla
author_sort Tanmoy Maiti
title Malignant nodular hidradenoma of scalp
title_short Malignant nodular hidradenoma of scalp
title_full Malignant nodular hidradenoma of scalp
title_fullStr Malignant nodular hidradenoma of scalp
title_full_unstemmed Malignant nodular hidradenoma of scalp
title_sort malignant nodular hidradenoma of scalp
publisher Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
series Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice
issn 0976-3147
0976-3155
publishDate 2014-10-01
description Malignant nodular hidradenoma (MNH) is a rare tumor of sweat gland known by many names in the literature. Scalp is a known and yet uncommon site of occurrence. We describe two patients with scalp MNH with brain parenchymal invasion. Both tumors recurred in spite of total excision and radiotherapy.
topic cutaneous adnexal tumor
malignant nodular hidradenoma
scalp tumor
skull tumor
url http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0976-3147.140011
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