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S. J. ZAKON, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1939;40(6):945-949.

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Multiple cylindroma or true turban tumors of the scalp are relatively rare. Ronchese¹ reviewing the literature on turban tumors to 1932 could collect only 31 fully developed cases. Since 1932 Schuermann and Weber² have reported 5 cases which they observed in the clinic of Friboes, thus bringing the total number of reported cases to 36. Most of the cases reported are from German and French literature. Only 5 observations are fully recorded in the American literature. The American cases were reported by Ronchese,¹ Cohn,³ Sutton,⁴ Stillians⁵ and Jones, Alden and Bishop.⁶ Hence, the report of an additional case with classic clinical and histologic findings is justified.

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History.—

D. L., a Jewish man aged 68, born in Lithuania and resident in America for many years, came to the skin dispensary of the Mount Sinai Hospital on March 12, 1939, for . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Instructor in Dermatology, Northwestern University Medical School CHICAGO

From the Department of Dermatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, service of Dr. Maurice Dorne.

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