BACKGROUND: @entity11708 are benign smooth @entity11090 that comprise three distinct types such as piloleimyoma, @entity11003 , and @entity790 . AIM: The objective of this study was to report a series of cases seen in last 8 years in a tertiary care hospital in north India and to discuss their clinicopathologic findings. MATERIAL AND METHODS: @entity982 -embedded blocks of cases reported as @entity11708 from 1999 to 2007 were retrieved from the Institute of Pathology, New Delhi, and their clinical parameters were noted. Their histopathological features were reviewed on @entity1710 - @entity1711 stained slides. Immunohistochemistry was performed where necessary. RESULTS: Twenty-seven cases of piloleiomyoma, three cases of @entity11003 , five @entity0 , and two @entity2909 were seen in @entity1 ranging from 21 to 65 years of age, with an average of 38.2 years at presentation. There was a male predominance with 26 males and 11 females (M:F = 2.2:1). @entity75 (n = 21) were more common than multiple ( n = 16). The trunk and upper limbs were involved most commonly, comprising 23 of 37 (62.2%) cases. This was followed by lower limb, face, breast, and scrotum. CONCLUSION: @entity11708 are rare lesions and form an important clinical differential diagnosis of painful papulonodules. These must be biopsied in order to differentiate them from other spindle cell lesions.

XXXX : a clinicopathological series of 37 cases.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity11003 :: ('MESH:D018229', 'Disease') :: ['angioleiomyoma'] @entity0 :: ('MESH:D001943', 'Disease') :: ['breast leiomyomas'] @entity75 :: ('MESH:D001927', 'Disease') :: ['Solitary lesions'] @entity1711 :: ('MESH:D004801', 'Chemical') :: ['eosin'] @entity11708 :: ('OMIM:150800', 'Disease') :: ['cutaneous leiomyoma', 'Cutaneous leiomyomas'] @entity982 :: ('MESH:D010232', 'Chemical') :: ['Paraffin'] @entity1710 :: ('MESH:D006416', 'Chemical') :: ['hematoxylin'] @entity11090 :: ('MESH:D019042', 'Disease') :: ['muscle tumors'] @entity2909 :: ('MESH:D007889', 'Disease') :: ['scrotal leiomyomas'] @entity790 :: ('MESH:D014564', 'Disease') :: ['genital leiomyoma']
@entity2909 :: (MESH:D007889,Disease) :: ['Leiomyoma cutis']
