title: Genital leiomyoma: surgical excision for both diagnosis and treatment of a unilateral leiomyoma of the male nipple.
abstract: We describe a rare case of unilateral leiomyoma of the nipple in a man presenting with pruritus of the nipple for 3 months. A conservative surgical excision is performed for diagnosis. Histologic examination and immunostaining confirmed the diagnosis of leiomyoma. The leiomyoma is completely excised, and the patient denies pruritus after surgery. Conservative surgical excision of a persistently hard and pruritic nipple can be effectively used as both diagnostic measure and treatment modality.
authors.affiliation: Division of Dermatology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: Amor
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khachemoune
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lyle
authors.forename: S Brian
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: D018567:Breast Neoplasms, Male / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009558:Nipples / Q000473:pathology