Giant Benign Chondroid Syringoma of the Cheek: Case Report and Review of the Literature

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Chondroid syringoma is an extremely rare, benign, mixed epithelial tumor of skin. The occurrence of this tumor is reported to be less than 0.01% to as much as 0.098% of primary skin tumors. 1 Chen Ah. Moreno E.H. Houston B. et al. Chondroid syringoma of the head and neck: Clinical management and literature review. Ear Nose Throat J. 1996; 75: 104 PubMed Google Scholar , 2 Kim S.J. Ahn S.K. Choi E.H. et al. Unusual cases of syringoma of the forehead: Case report. J Dermatol. 1996; 23: 61 PubMed Google Scholar , 3 Kitazawa T. Hataya Y. Matsuo K. Chondroid syringoma of the orbit. Ann Plast Surg. 1999; 42: 100 Crossref PubMed Scopus (25) Google Scholar The most frequent site for these rare tumors, however, is the head and neck region. 2 Kim S.J. Ahn S.K. Choi E.H. et al. Unusual cases of syringoma of the forehead: Case report. J Dermatol. 1996; 23: 61 PubMed Google Scholar