Figure 3From: Hidrocystoma of the external auditory canal: a case reportHistopathologic section of the surgical specimen demonstrating a cyst in the dermis lined by a one-or two-layered cuboidal or flattened epithelium resting on a layer with spindle myoepithelial cells. In close vicinity to the cyst are groups of apocrine glands, partly dilated, showing the typical eosinophilic epithelium with evidence of decapitation secretion (H&E, original magnification 10×).Back to article page