Primary cutaneous leiomyosarcoma: A rare malignant neoplasm

Primary cutaneous leiomyosarcoma (PCL) is an exceedingly uncommon malignant superficial soft tissue sarcoma with a predilection for middle-aged to elderly male. Morphologic differential diagnosis includes a host of other malignant spindle cell neoplasms, thereby necessitating the use of a panel of i...

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Autores principales: Bali, Akshay, Kangle, Ranjit, Roy, Maitrayee, Hungund, Bhagyashree
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3752472/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23984230
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5178.115513
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author Bali, Akshay
Kangle, Ranjit
Roy, Maitrayee
Hungund, Bhagyashree
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description Primary cutaneous leiomyosarcoma (PCL) is an exceedingly uncommon malignant superficial soft tissue sarcoma with a predilection for middle-aged to elderly male. Morphologic differential diagnosis includes a host of other malignant spindle cell neoplasms, thereby necessitating the use of a panel of immunohistochemical markers to arrive at a definitive diagnosis. We report a case of PCL arising in the right leg of a 70-year-old male.
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spelling pubmed-37524722013-08-27 Primary cutaneous leiomyosarcoma: A rare malignant neoplasm Bali, Akshay Kangle, Ranjit Roy, Maitrayee Hungund, Bhagyashree Indian Dermatol Online J Case Report Primary cutaneous leiomyosarcoma (PCL) is an exceedingly uncommon malignant superficial soft tissue sarcoma with a predilection for middle-aged to elderly male. Morphologic differential diagnosis includes a host of other malignant spindle cell neoplasms, thereby necessitating the use of a panel of immunohistochemical markers to arrive at a definitive diagnosis. We report a case of PCL arising in the right leg of a 70-year-old male. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3752472/ /pubmed/23984230 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5178.115513 Text en Copyright: © Indian Dermatology Online Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Bali, Akshay
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Hungund, Bhagyashree
Primary cutaneous leiomyosarcoma: A rare malignant neoplasm
title Primary cutaneous leiomyosarcoma: A rare malignant neoplasm
title_full Primary cutaneous leiomyosarcoma: A rare malignant neoplasm
title_fullStr Primary cutaneous leiomyosarcoma: A rare malignant neoplasm
title_full_unstemmed Primary cutaneous leiomyosarcoma: A rare malignant neoplasm
title_short Primary cutaneous leiomyosarcoma: A rare malignant neoplasm
title_sort primary cutaneous leiomyosarcoma: a rare malignant neoplasm
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3752472/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23984230
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5178.115513
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