Eccrine cylindroma is a benign tumour arising from sweat glands in the
skin. it favours the face. forehead and scalp involving the turban ar
ea and hence is called a turban tumour. Amongst a variety of tumours o
riginating from adnexal skin structures, which may appear in the ear c
anal, eccrine cylindroma forms a very rare entity. We present such a c
ase and discuss its pathological and clinical features.