title: Giant mixed tumor of the face.
abstract: A 35-year-old Japanese man consulted our clinic with an eight year history of a 6 cm diameter subcutaneous tumor on the left cheek. Hematoxylin and eosin staining of the resected section showed histology corresponding to a benign chondroid syringoma. Keratin was positive in most of the constituent cells, and S-100 protein was positive in the cells distant from the lumens and in myxomatous cells. A benign chondroid syringoma of this size has only been very rarely reported in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kakuta
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tsuboi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamazaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakuma
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yoshikata
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ogawa
mesh_terms: D008949:Adenoma, Pleomorphic / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013544:Sweat Gland Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*