Eccrine cylindroma of the face and scalp

• Main Authors: Indu Manicketh, Rekha Singh, Prasit Kumar Ghosh
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
• Series: Indian Dermatology Online Journal
• Subjects: Brooke–Spiegler syndrome, cylindroma, periodic acid Schiff, PAS
• Online Access: http://www.idoj.in/article.asp?issn=2229-5178;year=2016;volume=7;issue=3;spage=203;epage=205;aulast=Manicketh

Cylindroma is a benign skin adnexal tumor of eccrine differentiation. Clinically, they are disfiguring lesions that can mimic a malignancy. Cylindromas can be single or multiple and commonly involve the scalp (turban tumor) and face. Multiple cylindromas can have a syndromic association as seen in Brooke–Spiegler syndrome and familial cylindromatosis. We present a case of non familial cylindroma of the face that clinically mimicked a basal cell carcinoma. The histopathology was confirmatory. Herein we also highlight the utility of a simple and inexpensive histochemical stain Periodic Acid Schiff in supporting the diagnosis.