Chondroid syringoma of leg diagnosed by Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology

Debjani Mallick; Riju Bhattacharya; Sonia Gon

Volume : VI, Issue : I, January - 2017

Chondroid syringoma of leg diagnosed by Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology

Debjani Mallick, Riju Bhattacharya, Sonia Gon

Abstract :

Chondroid syringoma is commonly located at head and neck region and rarely in orbit, hand, forearm, foot, scrotum etc. It usually presents as asymptomatic mass often misdiagnosed clinically with other lesions like dermoid cyst, neurofioma, dermatofioma, pilomatrixoma, cutaneous histiocytoma and seborrheic keratosis. Though histopathology is a gold standard, FNAC may suggest a diagnosis of Chondroid syringoma on the basis of thick mucoid aspirates showing distinct biphasic cell population of epithelial and myoepithelial cells in a fiillary chondro–myxoid stroma. There are not many reported cases of Chondroid syringoma diagnosed cytologically. The present case is of a chondroid syringoma of lower third of right leg, which was primarily diagnosed by FNAC and later confirmed by histology. The present case emphasizes the cytodiagnosis of Chondroid syringoma and its rare location (right leg) for optimal patient management.