title: Solitary leiomyomas arising from the tunica dartos scroti.
abstract: Of 127 patients with primary neoplasms of the scrotal wall 10 had a solitary leiomyoma arising from the tunica dartos. These benign asymptomatic lesions occur in middle-age white men and are often incorrectly diagnosed. Simple surgical excision is curative. The 11th case is described because of the malignant course that followed irradiation. A cell arising from single smooth muscle cells within the corium is proposed as the cell of origin.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000532:radiotherapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D012611:Scrotum / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014565:Urogenital Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*