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Cutaneous Leiomyosarcoma of the Face

  • Kim, Nam Gyun (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Institute of Health Sciences, College of Medicine and Hospital, Gyeongsang National University) ;
  • Kim, Jun Oh (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Institute of Health Sciences, College of Medicine and Hospital, Gyeongsang National University) ;
  • Park, Young Ji (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Institute of Health Sciences, College of Medicine and Hospital, Gyeongsang National University) ;
  • Kim, Jun Sik (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Institute of Health Sciences, College of Medicine and Hospital, Gyeongsang National University) ;
  • Lee, Yoon Jung (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital) ;
  • Lee, Kyung Suk (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Institute of Health Sciences, College of Medicine and Hospital, Gyeongsang National University)
  • Received : 2017.02.13
  • Accepted : 2017.06.03
  • Published : 2017.06.20
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Abstract

Cutaneous leiomyosarcoma is an uncommon superficial soft tissue sarcoma and mainly found in the middle aged to elderly males. It can occur in any part of the body, mostly affecting the extremities and rarely affecting the face. It grows relatively slowly, can be diagnosed by biopsy and is treated by surgical excision. It needs to be distinguished from other spindle cell neoplasms, and immunohistochemical markers are usually required to attain an accurate diagnosis. We report a case of cutaneous leiomyosarcoma appeared on the left cheek within 6 month of a 73-year-old female patient suspected with malignant melanoma before surgery

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