The onset of sweat gland and salivary gland tumors in the same patient is a rare association known only for a few years. The case is reported of a man who died at 63 with lung metastases and bearing a turban and salivary tumor (both of the eccrine cylindroma dermal type). This « cutaneous and salivary neoplastic syndrome » may be explained by a common stem cell in different organs.
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