Das A, Podder I, Ghosh A. Zosteriform cutaneous leiomyoma-Type II: An uncommon presentation. World J Dermatol 2015; 4(4): 145-147 [DOI: 10.5314/wjd.v4.i4.145]
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Dr. Anupam Das, Department of Dermatology, Medical College and Hospital, 88 College Street, Kolkata 700073, West Bengal, India. anupamdasdr@gmail.com
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Dermatology
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Case Report
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World J Dermatol. Nov 2, 2015; 4(4): 145-147 Published online Nov 2, 2015. doi: 10.5314/wjd.v4.i4.145
Zosteriform cutaneous leiomyoma-Type II: An uncommon presentation
Anupam Das, Indrashis Podder, Anupama Ghosh
Anupam Das, Indrashis Podder, Anupama Ghosh, Department of Dermatology, Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata 700073, West Bengal, India
Author contributions: Das A, Podder I and Ghosh A contributed equally to the diagnosis, work-up and writing of the article.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by the Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata Institutional Review Board.
Informed consent statement: Mr. XYZ, aged 33 years, provided informed written consent prior to skin biopsy and utilisation of the clinical photographs for academic purpose.
Conflict-of-interest statement: None declared.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Correspondence to: Dr. Anupam Das, Department of Dermatology, Medical College and Hospital, 88 College Street, Kolkata 700073, West Bengal, India. anupamdasdr@gmail.com
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Received: April 2, 2015 Peer-review started: April 5, 2015 First decision: April 28, 2015 Revised: September 1, 2015 Accepted: October 16, 2015 Article in press: October 19, 2015 Published online: November 2, 2015
Abstract
Cutaneous leiomyomas are rare, benign smooth muscle tumors, characterized by painful nodules in most of the cases. They can occur in multiple disseminated, segmental or zosteriform and solitary forms. Segmental or zosteriform leiomyoma can occur either alone (Type I), or with scattered nonsegmental lesions elsewhere (Type II); the latter variety occurring rarely. Here we present a case of Type II zosteriform leiomyoma in a middle aged individual.
Core tip: The most interesting feature of this case is the rarity of the presentation of the entity. Leiomyoma is not uncommon but zosteriform presentation is a relatively rare condition. Besides, discrete lesions apart from the zosteriform pattern, gives it the nomenclature of Type II zosteriform leiomyoma which is worth reporting.
