Malignant chondroid syringoma in a West African cancer institute: A case report

Sidy Ka; Freddy Gnangnon; Doudou Diouf; Mamadou Moustapha Dieng; Jaafar Thiam; Macoumba Gaye; Ahmadou Dem

doi:10.1016/j.ijscr.2016.06.029

Malignant chondroid syringoma in a West African cancer institute: A case report

Int J Surg Case Rep. 2016:25:137-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2016.06.029. Epub 2016 Jun 23.

Authors

Sidy Ka¹, Freddy Gnangnon², Doudou Diouf³, Mamadou Moustapha Dieng⁴, Jaafar Thiam⁵, Macoumba Gaye⁶, Ahmadou Dem⁷

Affiliations

¹ Institut Joliot Curie, Hôpital Aristide Le Dantec, Dakar, Senegal. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Institut Joliot Curie, Hôpital Aristide Le Dantec, Dakar, Senegal. Electronic address: [email protected].
³ Institut Joliot Curie, Hôpital Aristide Le Dantec, Dakar, Senegal. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁴ Institut Joliot Curie, Hôpital Aristide Le Dantec, Dakar, Senegal. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁵ Institut Joliot Curie, Hôpital Aristide Le Dantec, Dakar, Senegal. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁶ Institut Joliot Curie, Hôpital Aristide Le Dantec, Dakar, Senegal. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁷ Institut Joliot Curie, Hôpital Aristide Le Dantec, Dakar, Senegal. Electronic address: [email protected].

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Epithelial; Malignant; Myoepithelial; Syringoma.