Cutaneous angioleiomyoma.
Leiomyomas are smooth-muscle tumors that may be encountered in the practice of podiatric medicine when they affect the arrector pili muscles or the smooth muscle of a vessel wall. In the present case, the lesion was located on the heel, an area with no hair growth; this further supports the diagnosis, as the most likely origin of the lesion was the smooth muscle of a blood vessel. Vascular leiomyomas show a greater predilection for the lower extremities than their superficial counterparts. Surgical excision is the treatment of choice for these benign lesions, whose prognosis is excellent. When a patient presents with a painful mass in the lower extremity, the diagnosis of leiomyoma should be considered.
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D000328:Adult; D018229:Angiomyoma / Q000473:pathology*; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D006365:Heel; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*