Cylindroma
Encyclopedia
In pathology, a cylindroma is a tumour with nests of cells that resemble a cylinder
in cross section.
Types include:
Cylinder (geometry)
A cylinder is one of the most basic curvilinear geometric shapes, the surface formed by the points at a fixed distance from a given line segment, the axis of the cylinder. The solid enclosed by this surface and by two planes perpendicular to the axis is also called a cylinder...
in cross section.
Types include:
- Dermal eccrine cylindroma, a benign tumour of the skin
- Adenoid cystic carcinomaAdenoid cystic carcinomaAdenoid cystic cancer is a rare type of cancer that can exist in many different body sites. It most often occurs in the areas of the head and neck, in particular the salivary glands; but has also been reported in the breast, lacrimal gland of the eye, lung, brain, bartholin gland, trachea, and...
, a malignant tumour of the salivary gland