MALIGNANT CHANGE IN A SOLITARY CYLINDROMA: A RARE CASE REPORT

Autor: Sunita S. Dantkale, Snehal V. Chavhan, Rahul R. Narkhede, Shivaji D. Birare, Swapnil D. Chandekar
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences. :6909-6912
ISSN: 2278-4802
2278-4748
DOI: 10.14260/jemds/2014/2837
Popis: Cylindroma is a rare tumour which originates from skin appendages. Cylindromas are of two types namely solitary and multiple. Malignant transformation of cylindroma is unusual and is extremely rare in solitary type. They show strong predilection for middle aged and elderly females. We report a case of a 70 year old male patient presented with nodular swelling along with surface ulceration in the right axillary region since six months, which on histopathological examination revealed a case of malignant transformation of benign solitary cylindroma. We report a rare case of
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