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Case Report of Dermoscopic Aspects and Reflectance Confocal Microscopy Description of Segmental Leiomyoma and Relative Management
Cutaneous leiomyoma is a benign tumor, mainly composed of smooth muscle cells and arising from the arrector pili muscle of hair follicles. The diagnosis of leiomyomas is of paramount importance, as they can often be associated with underlying malignancies (e.g., renal cell carcinoma, leiomyosarcoma)...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9783612/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36557047 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina58121845 |
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author | Paolino, Giovanni Pampena, Riccardo Rizzo, Nathalie Di Nicola, Matteo Riccardo Mercuri, Santo Raffaele |
author_facet | Paolino, Giovanni Pampena, Riccardo Rizzo, Nathalie Di Nicola, Matteo Riccardo Mercuri, Santo Raffaele |
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description | Cutaneous leiomyoma is a benign tumor, mainly composed of smooth muscle cells and arising from the arrector pili muscle of hair follicles. The diagnosis of leiomyomas is of paramount importance, as they can often be associated with underlying malignancies (e.g., renal cell carcinoma, leiomyosarcoma) and specific genetic mutations. We report the case of a 27-year-old Caucasian male patient that presented to our attention with a rare segmental and Zoosteriform type II leiomyoma. We performed an analysis of the cutaneous lesions using dermoscopy, reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) and histology. We found that, using dermoscopy, the leiomyomas showed a dermatofibroma-like appearance with a central hypopigmented area, peripheral delicate hyperpigmentation and also erythematous areas and ectatic vessels. RCM, although not specific, showed groups of hypo-reflective areas distributed in the most superficial papillary dermis, which in histology and immunohistochemistry corresponded to the most superficial protrusions in the papillary dermis of the tumoral bundles. Finally, we discuss the management of patients with multiple leiomyomas and stress the fact that, in the cases of multiple leiomyomas, an annual sonography of the kidneys associated with dermatological and (in women) gynecological consultations are needed to ensure the early identification of an underlying tumor. A genetic consultation to detect an eventual FH mutation is recommended, but since in some cases the FH result may be negative, the above recommended controls remain always of paramount importance. |
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spelling | pubmed-97836122022-12-24 Case Report of Dermoscopic Aspects and Reflectance Confocal Microscopy Description of Segmental Leiomyoma and Relative Management Paolino, Giovanni Pampena, Riccardo Rizzo, Nathalie Di Nicola, Matteo Riccardo Mercuri, Santo Raffaele Medicina (Kaunas) Case Report Cutaneous leiomyoma is a benign tumor, mainly composed of smooth muscle cells and arising from the arrector pili muscle of hair follicles. The diagnosis of leiomyomas is of paramount importance, as they can often be associated with underlying malignancies (e.g., renal cell carcinoma, leiomyosarcoma) and specific genetic mutations. We report the case of a 27-year-old Caucasian male patient that presented to our attention with a rare segmental and Zoosteriform type II leiomyoma. We performed an analysis of the cutaneous lesions using dermoscopy, reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) and histology. We found that, using dermoscopy, the leiomyomas showed a dermatofibroma-like appearance with a central hypopigmented area, peripheral delicate hyperpigmentation and also erythematous areas and ectatic vessels. RCM, although not specific, showed groups of hypo-reflective areas distributed in the most superficial papillary dermis, which in histology and immunohistochemistry corresponded to the most superficial protrusions in the papillary dermis of the tumoral bundles. Finally, we discuss the management of patients with multiple leiomyomas and stress the fact that, in the cases of multiple leiomyomas, an annual sonography of the kidneys associated with dermatological and (in women) gynecological consultations are needed to ensure the early identification of an underlying tumor. A genetic consultation to detect an eventual FH mutation is recommended, but since in some cases the FH result may be negative, the above recommended controls remain always of paramount importance. MDPI 2022-12-15 /pmc/articles/PMC9783612/ /pubmed/36557047 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina58121845 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Paolino, Giovanni Pampena, Riccardo Rizzo, Nathalie Di Nicola, Matteo Riccardo Mercuri, Santo Raffaele Case Report of Dermoscopic Aspects and Reflectance Confocal Microscopy Description of Segmental Leiomyoma and Relative Management |
title | Case Report of Dermoscopic Aspects and Reflectance Confocal Microscopy Description of Segmental Leiomyoma and Relative Management |
title_full | Case Report of Dermoscopic Aspects and Reflectance Confocal Microscopy Description of Segmental Leiomyoma and Relative Management |
title_fullStr | Case Report of Dermoscopic Aspects and Reflectance Confocal Microscopy Description of Segmental Leiomyoma and Relative Management |
title_full_unstemmed | Case Report of Dermoscopic Aspects and Reflectance Confocal Microscopy Description of Segmental Leiomyoma and Relative Management |
title_short | Case Report of Dermoscopic Aspects and Reflectance Confocal Microscopy Description of Segmental Leiomyoma and Relative Management |
title_sort | case report of dermoscopic aspects and reflectance confocal microscopy description of segmental leiomyoma and relative management |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9783612/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36557047 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina58121845 |
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