The tumour is composed of both epithelial and mesenchymal components. They are usually found on your upper cheeks and lower eyelids. Methods thirtyfive patients with periorbital syringomas were treated with two sessions of co2 fs at. Treatment of syringoma using an ablative 10,600nm carbon. Only one patient out of ten was suspected of recurrence in follow. While usually solitary, cases with multiple lesions have been reported. Hilton, state health laboratory services of western australia, and department of pathology, st john of god hospital, subiaco, western australia. Chondroid syringoma is also known as mixed tumour of the skin. Chondroid syringoma is a tumor arising from the sweat glands which can be apocrine found throughout the surface of lid or eccrine glands of moll in association with eyelash follicles with a mean age of 50 years 2273 years. Chondroid syringoma mixed tumor of the skin kunikane.
We tried the intralesional radiofrequency ablation for 64 patients with periorbital syringomas from. It is also called as mixed tumor of skin because of the presence of. Hirsch and helwig named it chondroid syringoma because of the presence of sweat gland elements in a cartilaginous stroma and the histological criteria for diagnosis. Syringoma is a benign adnexal neoplasm formed by welldifferentiated ductal elements.
It presents as a firm, dermal or subcutaneous nodule, usually between 0. Chondroid syringoma is a rare benign skin adnexal tumor of eccrineapocrine origin affecting commonly the head and neck region. Treatment, removal, and what to expect after surgery. A well circumscribed but unencapsulated, multilobulated mass centered in deep dermis or subcutaneous fat, with a prominent chondroid or myxoid stroma enveloping benign bland appearing epithelial and myoepithelial cells that form secondary structures. Chondroid syringoma cs is a benign cutaneous adnexal tumor with epithelial and stromal components. Usually, syringomas display a wide spectrum of benign adnexal neoplasms derived from the intraepidermal part of eccrine sweat ducts. Ten tumors out of the thirteen appeared on the face. The clinicopathology of cases of chondroid syringoma were examined. Syringomas are benign eccrine sweat duct tumors, typically found clustered on eyelids. The ages of the patients ranged from 26 to 86 years, with an average of 48 years. Giant chondroid syringoma of the lower eyelid ncbi nih. Chondroid syringoma, or cutaneous mixed tumor, is an adnexal neoplasm of either apocrine or eccrine origin. To further characterize pilosebaceous differentiation and to identify the presence of merkel cells in the areas of follicular differentiation. Chondroid syringoma is a benign mixed tumor characterized by sweat gland elements in a cartilaginous stroma.
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