title: Solitary cylindroma of tragus of the ear mimicking a keloid.
abstract: Cylindromas are very rare primitive sweat gland tumours differentiating towards eccrine or apocrine line. We present a case of cylindroma of tragus of external ear in a 50-year-old female. It was diagnosed clinically as keloid. After excision, histopathological and immunohistochemistry (IHC) studies confirmed diagnosis of solitary cylindroma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, SMT Kashibai Navale Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Rupali
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bavikar
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, SMT Kashibai Navale Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Sanjay D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Deshmukh
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, SMT Kashibai Navale Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Avinash
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Joshi
keywords: Cylindroma; histopathology; immunohistochemistry; keloid; tragus