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Leiomyoma of the Foot: A Case Report
Leiomyomas are benign tumors of smooth muscle origin. They are most commonly found in the uterus, but cutaneous leiomyomas may be occasionally present in the extremities and cause pain secondary to mass effect. Few studies have reported leiomyoma of the foot, and leiomyoma of the heel is particularl...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6284871/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30542633 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3419 |
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author | Buddemeyer, Katherine McKissack, Haley M Farnell, Chason Robin, Joseph X Qarmali, Morad Basetty, Chandan R Washburn, Perry Moraes, Leonardo V Shah, Ashish |
author_facet | Buddemeyer, Katherine McKissack, Haley M Farnell, Chason Robin, Joseph X Qarmali, Morad Basetty, Chandan R Washburn, Perry Moraes, Leonardo V Shah, Ashish |
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description | Leiomyomas are benign tumors of smooth muscle origin. They are most commonly found in the uterus, but cutaneous leiomyomas may be occasionally present in the extremities and cause pain secondary to mass effect. Few studies have reported leiomyoma of the foot, and leiomyoma of the heel is particularly rare. We present a case of a 41-year-old female who presented to our clinic for a tender nodule on the posterior aspect of her right heel. The tumor was surgically excised and biopsied revealing cutaneous leiomyoma. |
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spelling | pubmed-62848712018-12-12 Leiomyoma of the Foot: A Case Report Buddemeyer, Katherine McKissack, Haley M Farnell, Chason Robin, Joseph X Qarmali, Morad Basetty, Chandan R Washburn, Perry Moraes, Leonardo V Shah, Ashish Cureus Dermatology Leiomyomas are benign tumors of smooth muscle origin. They are most commonly found in the uterus, but cutaneous leiomyomas may be occasionally present in the extremities and cause pain secondary to mass effect. Few studies have reported leiomyoma of the foot, and leiomyoma of the heel is particularly rare. We present a case of a 41-year-old female who presented to our clinic for a tender nodule on the posterior aspect of her right heel. The tumor was surgically excised and biopsied revealing cutaneous leiomyoma. Cureus 2018-10-05 /pmc/articles/PMC6284871/ /pubmed/30542633 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3419 Text en Copyright © 2018, Buddemeyer et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ 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. |
spellingShingle | Dermatology Buddemeyer, Katherine McKissack, Haley M Farnell, Chason Robin, Joseph X Qarmali, Morad Basetty, Chandan R Washburn, Perry Moraes, Leonardo V Shah, Ashish Leiomyoma of the Foot: A Case Report |
title | Leiomyoma of the Foot: A Case Report |
title_full | Leiomyoma of the Foot: A Case Report |
title_fullStr | Leiomyoma of the Foot: A Case Report |
title_full_unstemmed | Leiomyoma of the Foot: A Case Report |
title_short | Leiomyoma of the Foot: A Case Report |
title_sort | leiomyoma of the foot: a case report |
topic | Dermatology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6284871/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30542633 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3419 |
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