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SUBMITTER: Sicinska J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3157764 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sicinska Justyna J Rakowska Adriana A Czuwara-Ladykowska Joanna J Mroz Andrzej A Lipinski Marcin M Nasierowska-Guttmejer Anna A Sikorska Jolanta J Sklinda Katarzyna K Slowinska Monika M Kowalska-Oledzka Elzbieta E Walecka Irena I Walecki Jerzy J Rudnicka Lidia L
Journal of dermatological case reports 20071201 1
<h4>Background</h4>Brooke-Spiegler syndrome is a rare condition with a predisposition to develop cutaneous adnexal neoplasms, especially cylindromas, trichoepitheliomas and spiradenomas. Malignant transformation of cylindromas is rare. In such cases usually cylindrocarcinomas develop within these lesions. We present an unusual case of basal cell carcinoma developing within a preexisting cylindroma.<h4>Main observations</h4>58-year-old woman with a 30-year history of multiple dermal cylindromas e ...[more]