Unusual Presentation of Cutaneous Leiomyoma

Herein, we report a case of leiomyoma cutis because of its rarity and unusual presentation. The case presented with a solitary leiomyoma lesion which was painless. However, the adjacent normal appearing area was tender. A biopsy of the lesion as well as of a portion of the adjacent normal appearing...

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Autores principales: Bhaskar, Sapnashree, Jaiswal, Ashok K, Madhu, SM, Santosh, KV
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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E-IJD Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4248542/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25484434
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.143590
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Jaiswal, Ashok K
Madhu, SM
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description Herein, we report a case of leiomyoma cutis because of its rarity and unusual presentation. The case presented with a solitary leiomyoma lesion which was painless. However, the adjacent normal appearing area was tender. A biopsy of the lesion as well as of a portion of the adjacent normal appearing area was taken, which confirmed the diagnosis of cutaneous leiomyoma. This may suggest the dormant nature of the disease which has not yet become apparent.
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spelling pubmed-42485422014-12-05 Unusual Presentation of Cutaneous Leiomyoma Bhaskar, Sapnashree Jaiswal, Ashok K Madhu, SM Santosh, KV Indian J Dermatol E-IJD Case Report Herein, we report a case of leiomyoma cutis because of its rarity and unusual presentation. The case presented with a solitary leiomyoma lesion which was painless. However, the adjacent normal appearing area was tender. A biopsy of the lesion as well as of a portion of the adjacent normal appearing area was taken, which confirmed the diagnosis of cutaneous leiomyoma. This may suggest the dormant nature of the disease which has not yet become apparent. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4248542/ /pubmed/25484434 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.143590 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Dermatology 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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