title: Fine needle aspiration cytology of chondroid syringoma.
abstract: Chondroid syringoma (CS) is a rare, benign, appendageal tumor with diagnostic feature of myxochondroid stroma supporting eccrine and apocrine epithelial structures. The usual presentation is a painless, slowly growing mass, typically located in the head and neck region. It usually affects middle-aged and older male patients. Because of its unremarkable clinical presentation it is often overlooked. It should be included in the differential diagnosis of cutaneous head and neck tumors, especially in middle-aged men. Optimal treatment of CS is total surgical excision. We present a 63 year-old man with a small nodule on the neck with 5 years of duration. The diagnosis was made initially on fine needle aspiration cytology that was performed by ultrasound guidance and confirmed subsequently by histology. FNA cytology may be very useful to determine diagnosis before excision.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Cytology and Cytometry, Dubrava University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia. marija.skoro@kbd.hr
authors.forename: Marija
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Skoro
authors.forename: Karmen Trutin
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Ostović
authors.forename: Igor
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Cikara
authors.forename: Danko
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: Nina Petra
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Novak
authors.forename: Miso
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Virag
mesh_terms: D008949:Adenoma, Pleomorphic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle / Q000379:methods; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000473:pathology; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017154:Stromal Cells / Q000473:pathology; D014463:Ultrasonography