Chondroid Syringoma or pleomorphic adenoma is a rare skin adnexal tumour which can have either a benign or a malignant behaviour.
 ‘‘The mixed tumor’’ of the skin was originally defined by Billroth in 1859 as an entity having the same histopathologic properties of the mixed tumors of the salivary glands. The term ‘chondroid syringoma’ was first used by Hirsch and Helwig in 1961 to describe this sweat gland tumor, because of the presence of sweat gland elements which are set in a cartilaginous stroma. The reported incidence of CS among primary skin tumor is low, ranging between 0.01- 0.098%. This uncommon eccrine sweat gland tumor clinically presents as a slow-growing, painless, subcutaneous or intracutaneous nodule located usually in the head and neck region, and it affects middle-aged or older men. Less commonly, this tumor can develop in the axillary region, penis, vulva, and scalp. We report a rare case of a chondroid syringoma with an atypical location on the back.

Citation: Mare GD, Vassallo L, Voglino C, Bettarini F, Mariani F, et al. (2014) Chondroid Syringoma: Report of a Case with Uncommon Location. J Med Diagn Meth 3:153. doi: 10.4172/2168-9784.1000153

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