ICD-O M8200/3 MeSH D003528 | eMedicine derm/94 | |
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In dermatologic pathology, a dermal cylindroma, also dermal eccrine cylindroma) and (less specifically) cylindroma, is a benign adnexal tumor, which occurs on the scalp and forehead.
Multiple cylindromas may grow together in a "hat-like" configuration, sometimes referred to as a turban tumor. Cylindromas are uncommon dysplasias of skin appendages.
Histology
Dermal cylindromas are:
They lack of a significant number of lymphocytes; this differentiates them from spiradenomas.
References
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