Malignant mixed tumor of the skin: malignant chondroid syringoma.
Malignant tumors of sweat gland origin are rare. Probably one of the rarest types, still poorly understood, is the so-called malignant chondroid syringoma or malignant mixed tumor of the skin. A case of malignant chondroid syringoma is presented. Ultrastructural study proves very useful for the differential diagnosis with other chondroid or chordoid tumors.
D001485:Basement Membrane / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003896:Desmosomes / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008871:Microvilli / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008875:Middle Aged; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013544:Sweat Gland Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013545:Sweat Glands / Q000648:ultrastructure