Cylindroma (medical condition): Salivary gland type malignant neoplasm arising from bronchial seromucinous glands. Composed of epithelial and myoepithelial cells in cribriform, tubular and solid growth patterns.
See also:
Adenoid cystic carcinoma:
»Introduction: Adenoid cystic carcinoma
»Symptoms of Adenoid cystic carcinoma
»Treatments for Adenoid cystic carcinoma
Cylindroma: A malignant cancer in the form of cysts which may occur in the salivary glands, breast, mucous glands of the respiratory tract and sometimes in vulval vestibular glands. Also called adenoid cystic carcinoma, adenomyoepithelioma, cribriform carcinoma or adeoncystic carcinoma.
Cylindroma: A histologic type of epithelial neoplasm, frequently malignant, characterized by islands of neoplastic cells embedded in a hyalinized stroma that may represent a thickened basement membrane; may form from ducts of glands, especially in salivary glands, skin, and bronchi; in the salivary glands, also termed adenoid cystic carcinoma. SYN: cylindroadenoma. [G. kylindros, cylinder, -oma, tumor]
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Cylindroma is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Cylindroma, or a subtype of Cylindroma,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Cylindroma: Another name for Adenoid cystic carcinoma (or close medical condition association).
»Introduction: Adenoid cystic carcinoma
»Symptoms of Adenoid cystic carcinoma
»Treatments for Adenoid cystic carcinoma
Some of the symptoms of Cylindroma incude:
See full list of 20 symptoms of Cylindroma (Adenoid cystic carcinoma)
Treatments for Cylindroma (Adenoid cystic carcinoma) include:
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Treatment of Cylindroma: For more treatment information about Cylindroma, see treatment of Adenoid cystic carcinoma (Cylindroma)
These medical disease topics may be related to Cylindroma:
Source - NIH
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