A novel germline mutation in the CYLD gene in a Slovak patient with Brooke-Spiegler syndrome.

The authors report a 64-year-old female with Brooke-Spiegler syndrome who presented with multiple cutaneous nodules and tumors mostly involving the scalp. Histopathological examination of one of the lesions located in a periauricular area revealed a typical cylindroma. In some neoplastic nodules ductal differentiation and occasional bilayered glands composed of the dark abluminal basal/myoepithelial cells and luminal mucinous cells might be recognized.

Human papillomaviruses are not involved in the etiopathogenesis of salivary gland tumors.

Background: Tumor-related high risk human papillomaviruses (HPV) 16 and 18 have been repeatedly detected in head and neck cancers, particularly, they are well known risk factors in squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharyngeal and tonsillar region. Little is known, however, about the possible role of HPV in salivary gland tumors.

Methods: Fifty-five cases of benign and malignant salivary gland tumors were tested using p16 immunohistochemistry followed by HPV DNA polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using SPF, CPSGB, GP5+/GP6+ primers, and type specific primers for HPV 16, 18, 31, 33, 35, 45 in the cases with strong immunohistochemical expression for p16 protein (score 3+).