Muscle relaxing agent in cutaneous leiomyoma.
The management of pain in cutaneous leiomyoma involving large areas of the body surface is problematic. The surgical approach is not practical and the pain in these cases is refractory almost to all analgesic agents. This is a description of a case in which a muscle relaxing agent proved to be the only effective therapeutic approach.
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D009543:Nifedipine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy; D010276:Parasympatholytics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011725:Pyridines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*
D010276:Parasympatholytics; D011725:Pyridines; D009543:Nifedipine