Cylindroma Explained

Cylindroma is a rare, slow-growing, benign tumour of the skin. It mostly affects the face, scalp, and neck regions.^[1]

Types include:

• Dermal eccrine cylindroma, a benign tumour of the skin
• Adenoid cystic carcinoma, a malignant tumour of the salivary gland

Signs and symptoms

The tumours are smooth, firm, pink to crimson in hue, commonly pedunculated, and often numerous. Tumours can sometimes cause pain. The scalp and surrounding skin are the most common sites. When pedunculated, the tumours may be nearly hairless, although the smaller lesions produce dermal nodules with minimal hair loss over them.^[2]

Causes

Cylindromas can be sporadic or inherited.

Diagnosis

Computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging provide the best representation of the tumour's extension.^[3]

Treatment

Surgical excision is used to treat cylindromas.

See also

• CYLD cutaneous syndrome
• List of cutaneous neoplasms associated with systemic syndromes

Further reading

• Bansal . Cherry . Lal . Nirupma . Batra . Mayanka . Srivastava . AN . Solitary cylindroma with malignant transformation . Indian Journal of Dermatology . Medknow . 57 . 2 . 2012 . 0019-5154 . 10.4103/0019-5154.94289 . free . 141 . none. 3352641 .
• Guruprasad . Yadavalli . Chauhan . DineshSingh . Dermal cylindroma of the scalp . National Journal of Maxillofacial Surgery . Medknow . 3 . 1 . 2012 . 59–61 . 0975-5950 . 10.4103/0975-5950.102163 . free . 23251061 . 3513812 . none.

External links

• DermNet
• StatPearls

Notes and References

1. V. . Lakshmi Priya . Johnson . Thanka . S. . Srismitha . Balakrishnan . Shobana . Solitary Dermal Cylindroma in an Uncommon Site: A Rare Case Report . Cureus . 2022-12-16 . 2168-8184 . 36654640 . 9841088 . 10.7759/cureus.32614 . free .
2. Guruprasad . Yadavalli . Chauhan . DineshSingh . Dermal cylindroma of the scalp . National Journal of Maxillofacial Surgery . Medknow . 3 . 1 . 2012 . 0975-5950 . 10.4103/0975-5950.102163 . free . 59. 3513812 .
3. Friedrich . Reinhard E. . Dermal Cylindroma of the Scalp (Turban Tumour) and Subjacent Calvarian Defects . Anticancer Research . International Institute of Anticancer Research . 30 . 5 . 2010-05-01 . 0250-7005 . 20592381 . 1793–1797 . 2024-04-03.