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Malignant cylindroma arising as a solitary neck lesion Volume 24, issue 3, May-June 2014

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Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine,
McMaster University, HSC-2N22B 1280 Main St. W.
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8S 4K1

Cylindromas are classified by the World Health Organization (WHO) under appendageal tumors with benign apocrine and/or eccrine differentiation. Cylindromas are rare neoplasms that can be either solitary or multiple, with the latter being more prone to malignant transformation. Multiple cylindromas are often seen in a genetic condition known as Brooke-Spiegler syndrome (chromosome 9 defect) [1, 2]. With regards to the site, the vast majority of cylindromas (benign and malignant) occur in the head [...]