title: [Leiomyosarcoma of the lip].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Superficial leiomyosarcomas are rare malignant tumors that may be subdivided into cutaneous and subcutaneous cases.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 58 year-old man was seen for a lower lip tumor that appeared 3 years earlier. Histopathologic and immunohistochemical examinations showed features of cutaneous leiomyosarcoma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cutaneous leiomyosarcoma may derive from the arrector pili, smooth muscle of sudoral glands or genital dartoic muscle. The subcutaneous form arises from smooth muscle wall of blood vessels. Superficial leiomyosarcomas occur frequently in the extensor surface of the lower extremities and involve the mucosal area in rare cases. Only five cases arising in the lips have been described. Lip cutaneous leiomyosarcoma may derive from ectopic sweat glands of the lips or from a hypodermic tumor that extends to the lip.
authors.affiliation: Service de Dermatologie, Hôpital la Rabta de Tunis, Tunisie. dorabaccouche@lycos.com
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Baccouche
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: El Euch
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Haouet
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mokni
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cherif
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ouslati
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ben Osman Dhahri
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008048:Lip Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged