The peculiar tumor of the skin of the scalp often alluded to as the "turban tumor," so aptly described in the report of one of Spiegler's cases and frequently represented in the earlier textbooks on dermatology as "endothelioma capitis," is so striking that it leaves an unforgettable clinical picture in one's mind. The distribution and color of the tumors have been appropriately likened to a "wreath of tomatoes" (fig. 1). Spiegler,1who collected five previously reported cases of this disease, described the tumors as endotheliomas, and the cases reported earlier by Baker, Kaposi and Oro2were described as cases of sarcoma. The growths in the cases of Baker and Oro were not typical examples of turban tumors in that the tumors grew rapidly following injury. Both of the cases reported by Barrett3and Cohn4(included in Spiegler's collection) were typical examples, their illustrations being just as