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Malignant cylindroma in a patient with Brooke-Spiegler syndrome
Author(s) -
Liliane BorikHeil,
Patricia Heller,
Monica Shrivastava,
Viktoryia Kazlouskaya
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
dermatology practical and conceptual
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2160-9381
DOI - 10.5826/dpc.0502a09
Subject(s) - cylindroma , medicine , malignant transformation , pathology , dermatology
Malignant cylindroma (cylindromatous carcinoma, cylindrocarcinoma) is the malignant counterpart of benign cylindroma. It is a rare neoplasm, more often developing in the setting of multiple preexisting benign neoplasms. Herein we present an additional case of malignant transformation of the cylindroma diagnosed in an 83-year-old patient with known Brooke-Spiegler syndrome.

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