Malignant cylindroma of the scalp treated with staged perimeter excision: A case report and literature review
Summary: Malignant cylindroma is a rare and poorly understood cutaneous malignancy. There is a paucity of literature on these lesions, with only a select number of case reports and limited guidelines on management. We present a case of a 60-year old patient with a malignant cylindroma of the scalp t...
| Main Authors: | , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-09-01
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| Series: | JPRAS Open |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235258781930018X |
| Summary: | Summary: Malignant cylindroma is a rare and poorly understood cutaneous malignancy. There is a paucity of literature on these lesions, with only a select number of case reports and limited guidelines on management. We present a case of a 60-year old patient with a malignant cylindroma of the scalp treated surgically with staged perimeter excision and summarize our review of the literature with a focus on management of this potentially aggressive disease. Keywords: Malignant cylindroma, Cylindrocarcinoma, Perimeter excision, Skin adnexal tumours |
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| ISSN: | 2352-5878 |