title: Syringomatous carcinoma of the scalp presenting as a slowly enlarging patch of alopecia.
abstract: A case of well-differentiated syringomatous carcinoma in a 50-year-old woman is reported. The tumor was located on the scalp and manifested as a slowly enlarging patch of alopecia. It was misdiagnosed as alopecia areata for years and subsequently was erroneously considered to be a benign syringoma on the basis of the results of a punch biopsy. When the correct diagnosis was made, the patient was referred to a plastic surgery department for the complete removal of her lesion.
authors.affiliation: 1st Clinic of Dermatology, University of Milan, IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore, Italy.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Alessi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Caputo
mesh_terms: D000505:Alopecia / Q000473:pathology*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012535:Scalp / Q000473:pathology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*