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Malignant chondroid syringoma in a West African cancer institute: A case report
Sidy Ka1, Freddy Gnangnon1, Doudou Diouf1
1Institut Joliot Curie, Hôpital Aristide Le Dantec, Dakar, Senegal.
Objective:
To report a case of malignant chondroid syringoma, a rare skin tumor at Joliot Curie Cancer Institute in Dakar.
Results:
We report a case of malignant chondroid syringoma of the deltoid and axilla in a 53year old patient. Malignant chondroid syringoma is an extremely rare tumor of the sweat glands. It is included in myoepithelial tumors of the skin. It has an epithelial component with eccrin or apocrin differentiation, and myoepithelial component. It preferentially seat at the extremities. We report an unusual case with deltoid presentation and axillary mass masqueriding as metastatic lymph node. Surgery is the main treatment. It has a poor prognosis.
