Multiple cutaneous leiomyoma

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Multiple cutaneous leiomyoma
Other names: Hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell cancer [1]
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a)Multiple cutaneous leiomyomas initial presentation b) 1 month after initial lesions were treated/carbon dioxide laser ablation c) 6 months postoperative
SpecialtyDermatology

Multiple cutaneous leiomyomas, also known as Pilar leiomyomas,[2] arise from the arrectores pilorum muscles, and are made up of a poorly circumscribed proliferation of haphazardly arranged smooth muscle fibers located in the dermis that appear to infiltrate the surrounding tissue and may extend into the subcutis.[2]

Sometimes associated with uterine leiomyomas (a combination known as multiple cutaneous and uterine leiomyomatosis, MCUL), these lesions may also be a manifestation of the hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell cancer syndrome.

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References

  1. "Hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell cancer | Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center (GARD) – an NCATS Program". rarediseases.info.nih.gov. Archived from the original on 28 April 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Freedberg, et al. (2003). Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine. (6th ed.). Page 1033. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-138076-0.

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