Solitary Piloleiomyoma in the Scalp

Cutaneous leiomyomas can be classified into three types according to the site of origin: piloleiomyoma, angioleiomyoma, and dartoic (genital) leiomyoma. It might be expected that leiomyomas are commonly found on the scalp because there are many arrector pili muscles and vessels. However, leiomyomas...

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Autores principales: Kim, Dong Hwi, Lee, Ji Sung, Kim, Jean A, Lee, Jung Ho
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5556748/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28913307
http://dx.doi.org/10.7181/acfs.2017.18.1.62
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description Cutaneous leiomyomas can be classified into three types according to the site of origin: piloleiomyoma, angioleiomyoma, and dartoic (genital) leiomyoma. It might be expected that leiomyomas are commonly found on the scalp because there are many arrector pili muscles and vessels. However, leiomyomas are actually rarely reported in the scalp. Recently, we observed a case of cutaneous leiomyoma in the scalp and present our experience along with a literature review.
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spelling pubmed-55567482017-09-14 Solitary Piloleiomyoma in the Scalp Kim, Dong Hwi Lee, Ji Sung Kim, Jean A Lee, Jung Ho Arch Craniofac Surg Case Report Cutaneous leiomyomas can be classified into three types according to the site of origin: piloleiomyoma, angioleiomyoma, and dartoic (genital) leiomyoma. It might be expected that leiomyomas are commonly found on the scalp because there are many arrector pili muscles and vessels. However, leiomyomas are actually rarely reported in the scalp. Recently, we observed a case of cutaneous leiomyoma in the scalp and present our experience along with a literature review. The Korean Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association 2017-03 2017-03-25 /pmc/articles/PMC5556748/ /pubmed/28913307 http://dx.doi.org/10.7181/acfs.2017.18.1.62 Text en Copyright © 2017 The Korean Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5556748/
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