title: Chondroid syringoma.
abstract: Pleomorphic adenoma, or chondroid syringoma (CS), is a rare, benign, skin appendageal tumour. Because of the unremarkable clinical presentation of this rare tumour, the diagnosis is made on microscopic examination. The usual presentation is of an asymptomatic, slowly-growing mass, typically located in the head and neck region. We present a case of a CS located over the forehead of a 32-year-old man. In the evaluation of a middle-aged male patient with a small cutaneous nodule in the head and neck region, chondroid syringoma should also be considered in the differential diagnosis. For such a lesion, excisional biopsy, without destroying the aesthetic and functional structures, is the preferred diagnostic, as well as therapeutic approach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha 442005, Maharashtra, India. dramitagrawal@gmail.com
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Sinha
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Sabira
mesh_terms: D008949:Adenoma, Pleomorphic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D005546:Forehead / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013544:Sweat Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*