Fine needle aspiration cytology of chondroid syringoma

Chondroid syringoma (CS) is a rare, benign, appendageal tumor with diagnostic feature of myxochondroid stroma supporting eccrine and apocrine epithelial structures. The usual presentation is a painless, slowly growing mass, typically located in the head and neck region. It usually affects middle-age...

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Published in:	Collegium antropologicum Vol. 34; no. 2; p. 687
Main Authors:	Skoro, Marija, Ostović, Karmen Trutin, Cikara, Igor, Müller, Danko, Novak, Nina Petra, Virag, Miso
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Croatia 01-06-2010
Subjects:	Adenoma, Pleomorphic - diagnostic imaging Adenoma, Pleomorphic - pathology Adenoma, Pleomorphic - surgery Biopsy, Fine-Needle - methods Epithelial Cells - pathology Head and Neck Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging Head and Neck Neoplasms - pathology Head and Neck Neoplasms - surgery Humans Male Middle Aged Stromal Cells - pathology Ultrasonography
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Summary:	Chondroid syringoma (CS) is a rare, benign, appendageal tumor with diagnostic feature of myxochondroid stroma supporting eccrine and apocrine epithelial structures. The usual presentation is a painless, slowly growing mass, typically located in the head and neck region. It usually affects middle-aged and older male patients. Because of its unremarkable clinical presentation it is often overlooked. It should be included in the differential diagnosis of cutaneous head and neck tumors, especially in middle-aged men. Optimal treatment of CS is total surgical excision. We present a 63 year-old man with a small nodule on the neck with 5 years of duration. The diagnosis was made initially on fine needle aspiration cytology that was performed by ultrasound guidance and confirmed subsequently by histology. FNA cytology may be very useful to determine diagnosis before excision.
ISSN:	0350-6134