Cylindroma
Cylindroma
Updated: 02/24/2020
© Jun Wang, MD, PhD
General features
- Solitary, small, slow growing
- Predominantly in head and neck
- More common in > 40, women
- Familial form (turban tumor syndrome, Brooke-Spiegler syndrome)
Autosomal dominant
Multiple tumors
Children/teenagers
May involve trunk and extremities, or in
association with other adnexal tumors
Mutations in CYLD gene at chromosome 16q12-13
Rarely undergoes malignant transformation
Clinical features
- Pink-red nodule with smooth surface
Pathological features
- Compact nests of basaloid cells
- Jigsaw puzzle
- Thick basement membrane
Management
- Excision
- Follow up for patients with multiple tumors, since recurrence likely
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