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Eccrine cylindroma of the ear canal – report of a case

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

H. S. Sharma*
Affiliation:
Departments of Otorhinolaryngology, School of Medical Sciences. University Sains Malaysia.
M. Z. Meorkamal
Affiliation:
Departments of Pathology, School of Medical Sciences. University Sains Malaysia.
H. Zainol
Affiliation:
Departments of Pathology, School of Medical Sciences. University Sains Malaysia.
A. S. Dharap
Affiliation:
Departments of Anatomy, School of Medical Sciences. University Sains Malaysia.
*
Dr Hari Shankar Sharma, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, School of Medical Sciences, University Sains Malaysia, 16150 Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia.

Abstract

Eccrine cylindroma is a benign tumour arising from sweat glands in the skin. It favours the face, forehead and scalp involving the turban area and hence is called a turban tumour. Amongst a variety of tumours originating from adnexal skin structures, which may appear in the ear canal, eccrine cylindroma forms a very rare entity. We present such a case and discuss its pathological and clinical features.

Type
Pathology in Focus
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1994

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