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A Case Report of Hereditary Leiomyomatosis to Increase Awareness of the Correlation between Cutaneous Lesions and RCC

Julien Bachour, Madona Sakkal, Zarouhie Bedoyan and Alfred Ammoury

Cutaneous leiomyomas are rare, benign smooth muscle tumors of the skin, with autosomal dominant but incomplete penetrance. hereditary leiomyomatosis syndrome consists of the triad of uterine leiomyomas, cutaneous leiomyomas and renal cell cancer. Here, we present a case of previously healthy man with no past medical nor family medical history who seeked medical advice for asymptomatic skin lesions of 2 month durations. Upon examination, patient was found to have leiomyomas with renal cell cancer. Therefore, it is of a great importance to recognize these skin lesions for early detection of devastating associated tumors.