Syringomatous Carcinoma of the Scalp Presenting As a Slowly Enlarging Patch of Alopecia

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Journal Am J Dermatopathol

Specialty Dermatology

Date 1993 Oct 1

PMID 8238790

Citations 5

Authors

E Alessi

R Caputo

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Abstract

A case of well-differentiated syringomatous carcinoma in a 50-year-old woman is reported. The tumor was located on the scalp and manifested as a slowly enlarging patch of alopecia. It was misdiagnosed as alopecia areata for years and subsequently was erroneously considered to be a benign syringoma on the basis of the results of a punch biopsy. When the correct diagnosis was made, the patient was referred to a plastic surgery department for the complete removal of her lesion.

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