First described by Hirsch and Helwig in 1961, chondroid syringomas (CSs) are rare, benign tumors of the skin arising from the eccrine sweat glands with tumor differentiation in the epithelial and mesenchymal tissues. They most commonly occur in the head and neck, although they may be also found in the axilla, trunk, limbs, and genitalia. The incidence of CS is <0.01% of all primary skin tumors....

The purpose of our study was to describe clinical and histopathological features of sixty one patients with histological diagnosis of syringoma over four year period in our dermatology clinic in Korea. Female:male ratio was 6.6:1 with onset of age during 2nd and 3rd decades in more than half of the patients in our study. The most frequently involved site was eyelids (43 cases, 70.5%) and the mo...

Although vulvar syringomas are rare, they are probably underdiagnosed because most are asymptomatic lesions. However, they can give rise to vulvar pruritus that is unresponsive to conventional treatments and, if severe, may considerably affect quality of life. Consequently, such lesions should be considered in the differential diagnosis of pruritus and papular lesions of the vulva. 1,2 We descr...