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A uncommon giant cutaneous chondroid syringoma involving a toe: A case report.
Drugs (Baltimore). 2018 Feb;97(5):e9825
Authors: Lu H, Chen LF, Chen Q, Shen H, Liu Z
Summary
RATIONALE: Chondroid syringoma (CS) happens totally on the face and neck, and barely happens within the toe. Malignant CS is invasive, grows shortly, and has a excessive recurrence charge. The presence of a bilobed CS in 1 toe has by no means been reported within the literature.
PATIENT CONCERNS: A 72-year-old male affected person offered with a mass in a 3rd toe of his proper foot. The mass had slowly grown in 2 years. He felt gentle ache and the mass occupied many of the tip of the toe.
DIAGNOSES: Radiographs confirmed a big soft-tissue mass within the third toe of his proper foot with none bone destruction. Ultrasonogram confirmed 2 partly fused hypoechoic lots throughout the lesion. The mass was due to this fact recognized as a benign CS.
INTERVENTIONS: We amputated the toe with the mass underneath native anesthesia. The postoperative pathohistological examinations confirmed that the lesion was a bipartite CS exhibiting lively mobile proliferation.
OUTCOMES: Two years after surgical procedure, there was no tumor recurrence.
LESSONS: CS can even current as a number of adjoining lots. Full surgical resection and long-term follow-up are important.
PMID: 29384887 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]