A Case of Primary Cutaneous Leiomyosarcoma.
- Author:
Dae Yeon KIM
;
Joon Young SONG
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Aged;
Collagen;
Diagnosis;
Female;
Humans;
Leiomyosarcoma*;
Ovum;
Skin
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
1984;22(4):445-448
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Primary leiomyosarcomas are extremely rare. Its clinical configuration is a round to oval, more or less hemispherical elevation of the skin, but the appearance of these lesion is not distinctive so that the diagnosis is established by the histopathologic findings. Microscopically the cutaneous leiornyosarcomas consist of a poorly delineated proliferation of spindle shaped atypical myomatous cells arranged in interlacing fascicles which merge into collagenous stroma. We experienced a case of primary cutaneous leiornyosarcoma which developed as a hen egg sized tumor on the left shin in a 71-year-old woman and present this case with the review of literatures.
