Cylindroma

Cylindroma
TURBAN TUMOUR (CYLINDROMA). A rapidly growing fungating tumour on the scalp.
Specialty	Oncology, dermatology

Cylindroma is a rare, slow-growing, benign tumour of the skin. It mostly affects the face, scalp, and neck regions.^[1]

Types include:

• Dermal eccrine cylindroma, a benign tumour of the skin
• Adenoid cystic carcinoma, a malignant tumour of the salivary gland

The tumours are smooth, firm, pink to crimson in hue, commonly pedunculated, and often numerous. Tumours can sometimes cause pain. The scalp and surrounding skin are the most common sites. When pedunculated, the tumours may be nearly hairless, although the smaller lesions produce dermal nodules with minimal hair loss over them.^[2]

Cylindromas can be sporadic or inherited.^[1]

Computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging provide the best representation of the tumour's extension.^[3]

Surgical excision is used to treat cylindromas.^[1]

• CYLD cutaneous syndrome
• List of cutaneous neoplasms associated with systemic syndromes

• Bansal, Cherry; Lal, Nirupma; Batra, Mayanka; Srivastava, AN (2012). "Solitary cylindroma with malignant transformation". Indian Journal of Dermatology. 57 (2). Medknow: 141. doi:10.4103/0019-5154.94289. ISSN 0019-5154. PMC 3352641.
• Guruprasad, Yadavalli; Chauhan, DineshSingh (2012). "Dermal cylindroma of the scalp". National Journal of Maxillofacial Surgery. 3 (1). Medknow: 59–61. doi:10.4103/0975-5950.102163. ISSN 0975-5950. PMC 3513812. PMID 23251061.

• DermNet
• StatPearls