Open AccessGiant chondroid syringoma of the eyelid
Author(s) -
Shushruta Mohanty,
Ashok Kumar Dash,
Meenakshi Mohapatro,
Subhashree Archana Rout
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
ip archives of cytology and histopathology research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2581-5725
pISSN - 2456-9267
DOI - 10.18231/j.achr.2021.065
Subject(s) - eyelid , sweat gland , syringoma , head and neck , anatomy , pathology , stroma , medicine , dermatology , sweat , immunohistochemistry , surgery
Chondroid syringoma is a rare mixed tumour of sweat gland origin that is characterised by sweat gland elements in a cartiliginous stroma. Its an uncommon cutaneous tumour of head and neck region with a reported incidence rate of 0.01% to 0.1%. Its occurence in periorbital tissues is rare and usually are small in size. Here we report a case of giant chondroid syringoma (>3 cms) arising in the lower eyelid.