title: Angiomyxoma of the nasal dorsum treated by Mohs surgery.
abstract: Cutaneous angiomyxomas are myofibroblastic neoplasms with locally aggressive behaviour and a high risk of recurrence. We describe a case of a solitary cutaneous angiomyxoma presenting on the nasal dorsum of a 28-year-old man, excised with Mohs surgery using permanent section control and repaired with an advancement flap. Histology showed myxoid nests of bland CD34-positive and vimentin-positive stellate and spindled cells in the deep dermis and abundant thin-walled blood vessels. An echocardiogram, performed to rule out the possibility of a cardiac myxoma with cutaneous embolisation, was normal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Steven L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Kahn
authors.affiliation: College of Medicine, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Mark E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Juhl
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sidiropoulos
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Joan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guitart
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Sasha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Antonijevic
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, USA.|Department of Dermatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Aleksandar L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Krunic
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015580:Mohs Surgery; D009232:Myxoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: Mohs surgery; angiomyxoma; myxoma; superficial angiomyxoma