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A Case of Reed's Syndrome: An Underdiagnosed Tumor Disorder

Cutaneous leiomyomas are uncommon, benign smooth muscle tumors originating from the arrector pili muscle of the hair follicle that are frequently unrecognized and underdiagnosed by clinicians. They sometimes coexist with common uterine fibroids in an inherited disorder named multiple cutaneous and u...

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Autores principales: Kontochristopoulos, Georgios, Kouris, Anargyros, Balamoti, Evgenia, Vavouli, Charitomeni, Markantoni, Vasiliki, Christofidou, Elefteria, Antoniou, Christina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4163689/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25232316
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000365862
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Sumario:Cutaneous leiomyomas are uncommon, benign smooth muscle tumors originating from the arrector pili muscle of the hair follicle that are frequently unrecognized and underdiagnosed by clinicians. They sometimes coexist with common uterine fibroids in an inherited disorder named multiple cutaneous and uterine leiomyomatosis, also referred to as Reed's syndrome. We report a case of Reed's syndrome in a young woman who had been misdiagnosed for many years.