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Multiple cutaneous leiomyomata
Author(s) -
JOLLIFFE D.S.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1978.tb01467.x
Subject(s) - hysterectomy , medicine , leiomyoma , uterine fibroids , gynecology , smooth muscle , smooth muscle tumor , surgery
Summary This is a report of two cases of multiple cutaneous leiomyomata both having a past history of uterine leiomyomata requiring hysterectomy. Two sisters of one of the patients are known to suffer from cutaneous leiomyomata and one of them has also had an hysterectomy for fibroids. The association of cutaneous and uterine leiomyomata has been previously reported and the question of a real or fortuitous connection between these two types of smooth‐muscle tumour has been raised.