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cylindroma

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cylindroma /cyl·in·dro·ma/ (sil″in-dro´mah)
2. a benign skin tumor on the face and scalp, consisting of cylindrical masses of epithelial cells surrounded by a thick band of hyaline material.cylindrom´atous

cyl·in·dro·ma (sln-drm)
n.
A type of epithelial tumor characterized by islands of neoplastic cells embedded in a cylindrical hyalinized stroma formed from ducts of glands; it occurs especially in the salivary glands, skin, and bronchi and is frequently malignant. Also called cylindroadenoma.

cylindroma
[sil′indrō′mə] pl. cylindromas, cylindromata
Etymology: Gk, kylindros, cylinder
a tumor that appears to have cylinders of stroma surrounded by epithelial cells. See also adenocystic carcinoma.

cylindroma (sil´indrō´m),
n 1. an obsolete term for an adenoid cystic carcinoma. See carcinoma, adenoid cystic.
2. a benign adnexal neoplasm of skin that most often occurs on the scalp.

cylindroma
adenocystic carcinoma.


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In 1859, Billroth coined the term cylindroma to describe the pathologic entity we now call adenoid cystic carcinoma.
 
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