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ArticleJournal of ultrasound2026

Apocrine hydroadenoma mimicking a Morton's neuroma: a rare differential diagnosis.

Daniele Carmelo Caltabiano, Maria Vittoria Raciti, Linda Reali, Giuliana Mannino, Simone Poidomani, Adriana Mangiameli, Antonio Basile, Gianluca Galvano

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Daniele Carmelo CaltabianoAzienda Ospedaliera Di Rilievo Nazionale E Di Alta Specializzazione Garibaldi (U.O.C. Diagnostica Per Immagini, Radiologia Interventistica e Neuroradiologia Garibaldi Centro), Piazza Santa Maria Di Gesù 5, Catania, Italy.
Maria Vittoria RacitiAzienda Ospedaliera Di Rilievo Nazionale E Di Alta Specializzazione Garibaldi (U.O.C. Diagnostica Per Immagini, Radiologia Interventistica e Neuroradiologia Garibaldi Centro), Piazza Santa Maria Di Gesù 5, Catania, Italy. mariavittoria.raciti@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6355-8875
Linda RealiAzienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Policlinico "G. Rodolico - San Marco (U.O.C. Radiologia 1), Via Santa Sofia 78, Catania, Italy.
Giuliana ManninoAzienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Policlinico "G. Rodolico - San Marco (U.O.C. Radiologia 1), Via Santa Sofia 78, Catania, Italy.
Simone PoidomaniAzienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Policlinico "G. Rodolico - San Marco, (U.O.C. Anatomia Patologica), Via Santa Sofia 78, Catania, Italy.
Adriana MangiameliAzienda Ospedaliera Di Rilievo Nazionale E Di Alta Specializzazione Garibaldi (U.O.C. Diagnostica Per Immagini, Radiologia Interventistica e Neuroradiologia Garibaldi Centro), Piazza Santa Maria Di Gesù 5, Catania, Italy.
Antonio BasileAzienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Policlinico "G. Rodolico - San Marco (U.O.C. Radiologia 1), Via Santa Sofia 78, Catania, Italy.
Gianluca GalvanoAzienda Ospedaliera Di Rilievo Nazionale E Di Alta Specializzazione Garibaldi (U.O.C. Diagnostica Per Immagini, Radiologia Interventistica e Neuroradiologia Garibaldi Centro), Piazza Santa Maria Di Gesù 5, Catania, Italy.

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Abstract

A 62-year-old woman, with neuropathic pain and paresthesia in her right forefoot, showed a circumscribed soft tissue swelling on the sole between the second and third metatarsal. Ultrasound (US) imaging showed a well-defined lesion in the second intermetatarsal space, without vascularization sign at Power Doppler (PD). In the first hypothesis, these findings led to Morton's neuroma. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), demonstrated a dumbbell-shaped lesion between the II and the III metatarsal heads; it extended cranially to the subcutaneous fat of the dorsal slope. The MRI findings weren't compatible with a classic Morton's neuroma and were radiologically undetectable. The patient had a sub-total excisional biopsy. The anatomopathological features were specific to an apocrine hydroadenoma from an ectopic sweat gland. This rare pathology has not been previously described in the literature and it must be considered as a differential diagnosis due to the clinical presentation and the US appearance mimicking Morton's neuroma.

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AdenomaApocrine GlandsFoot DiseasesMorton NeuromaSweat Gland NeoplasmsDiagnosis, DifferentialFemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMiddle AgedNeuromaUltrasonographyApocrine hydroadenomaForefoot painMetatarsalgiaMorton’s neuroma

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PMID38900364
PMCPMC13000013

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