title: Congenital superficial angiomyxoma.
abstract: Superficial angiomyxomas are rare, benign, dermal and subcutaneous tumours. We describe a 12-year-old girl who presented with a nodular swelling in the midline of her scalp that had been present since birth. Histological examination revealed an ill-defined myxoid lesion within the dermis, comprising spindle cells, blood vessels and occasional multi-nucleate giant cells. Immunohistochemical staining was negative for S-100, cytokeratin and smooth muscle actin, but focally positive for CD34. Our patient is unusual in that the angiomyxoma was present at birth, which has not previously been described. The importance of screening patients with cutaneous myxomas for cardiac lesions is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, St. Helier Hospital, Carshalton, Surrey, UK.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Bedlow
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Sampson
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Holden
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009232:Myxoma / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology; D012535:Scalp; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology