Table 1 Summary of cases of giant vascular eccrine spiradenoma

1986

74/M

Abdomen

5

2 years

Not mentioned

Angiosarcoma or

Malignant melanoma

Ulcerated brown mass

Extended to deep fascia

1986

84/F

Scalp

2

3–4 months

Not mentioned

Sebaceous cyst

Cystic lesion and

blood-stained discharge

1988

63/F

Thigh

3.5 × 1.5

Unknown

Not mentioned

Venous thrombosis

None

1998

60/M

Hypo-

chondrim

3–4

5 years

No pain

Angioma or

thrombosis

Violaceous, ulcerated and bleeding lesion

2006

56/F

Back

2

3 years

Paroxysmal

pain

Angiolipoma or

neuroma

Erythematous to violaceous hemispheric firm nodule

2009

76/M

Shoulder

5 × 3.4 × 2.6

3 years

No pain

Not mentioned

Pale red pedunculated

tumor with bleeding

2011

81/M

Forearm

1.47 × 2.57

× 2.86

3 years

Painful on

palpation

Not mentioned

Blue nodule with

haemorrhage

2011

49/F

Arm

2.5 × 2.5

10 years

Asymptomatic

Vascular

malformation

Slightly bluish mass with

the overlying intact skin

2013

52/F

Arm

3.5 × 2.2

10 years

No pain or tenderness

Calcifying epithelioma

Bluish-red nodule

2014

79/M

Chest

7 × 7 × 6

30 years

No pain or tenderness

Chronic expanding hematoma

Dark brown

dome-shaped tumor

2014

31/M

Chest

2.5 × 2.5 × 1

1 years

No abnormal findings

Hemangioma

Grey brown firm nodule

ulceration, bleeding

2015

54/F

Arm

2.3 × 2 × 2.6

for years

hard

to palpation

Hemangioma

reddish,dome-shaped lesion, ulcerated, bleeding

2017

41/M

Leg

3.5 × 3.0

7 years

Extremely painful

Malignant tumor

Violaceus, ulcerated

nodular

2018

68/M

Back

6.0 × 3.4

2 years

Slightly

tenderness

Angiolipoma or cyst

Infiltrative growth pattern