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Superficial angiomyxoma of the skin

Superficial angiomyxomas (SA) of the skin are rare benign cutaneous tumors of soft tissue composed of prominent myxoid matrix and numerous blood vessels. SA are more common in males [1] and they are usually located on the trunk but can also appear on the lower limbs, head, neck and genitalia [2,3]....

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Autores principales: Abarzúa-Araya, Alvaro, Lallas, Aimillios, Piana, Simonetta, Longo, Caterina, Moscarella, Elvira, Argenziano, Giuseppe
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Derm101.com 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5006552/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27648383
http://dx.doi.org/10.5826/dpc.0603a09
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author Abarzúa-Araya, Alvaro
Lallas, Aimillios
Piana, Simonetta
Longo, Caterina
Moscarella, Elvira
Argenziano, Giuseppe
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description Superficial angiomyxomas (SA) of the skin are rare benign cutaneous tumors of soft tissue composed of prominent myxoid matrix and numerous blood vessels. SA are more common in males [1] and they are usually located on the trunk but can also appear on the lower limbs, head, neck and genitalia [2,3]. Treatment is surgical, the total excision is curative, but local recurrence is possible [4]. Herein we present a 72-year-old patient with a history of melanoma in situ, with a new lesion on the lower back.
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spelling pubmed-50065522016-09-19 Superficial angiomyxoma of the skin Abarzúa-Araya, Alvaro Lallas, Aimillios Piana, Simonetta Longo, Caterina Moscarella, Elvira Argenziano, Giuseppe Dermatol Pract Concept Observation Superficial angiomyxomas (SA) of the skin are rare benign cutaneous tumors of soft tissue composed of prominent myxoid matrix and numerous blood vessels. SA are more common in males [1] and they are usually located on the trunk but can also appear on the lower limbs, head, neck and genitalia [2,3]. Treatment is surgical, the total excision is curative, but local recurrence is possible [4]. Herein we present a 72-year-old patient with a history of melanoma in situ, with a new lesion on the lower back. Derm101.com 2016-07-31 /pmc/articles/PMC5006552/ /pubmed/27648383 http://dx.doi.org/10.5826/dpc.0603a09 Text en Copyright: ©2016 Abarzúa-Araya et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Lallas, Aimillios
Piana, Simonetta
Longo, Caterina
Moscarella, Elvira
Argenziano, Giuseppe
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title_short Superficial angiomyxoma of the skin
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5006552/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27648383
http://dx.doi.org/10.5826/dpc.0603a09
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