TY - JOUR
T1 - Cutaneous mycobacterial spindle cell pseudotumour
AU - Tan, Geok Chin
AU - Yap, Yen Piow
AU - Shiran, Mohd Sidik
AU - Sabariah, Abdul Rahman
AU - Pathmanathan, Rajadurai
PY - 2009/4/14
Y1 - 2009/4/14
N2 - Mycobacterial spindle cell pseudotumour (MSCP) has been reported in various sites, including skin, lymph nodes, bone marrow, lung and spleen. Cutaneous lesions are extremely rare and the differential diagnoses include various spindle cell lesions. Literature review shows that this lesion has preponderance for upper limb involvement and occurs largely in immunosuppressed individuals. We report a case of MSCP of the skin due to atypical mycobacterium and discuss the risk of misdiagnosis as a sarcoma.
AB - Mycobacterial spindle cell pseudotumour (MSCP) has been reported in various sites, including skin, lymph nodes, bone marrow, lung and spleen. Cutaneous lesions are extremely rare and the differential diagnoses include various spindle cell lesions. Literature review shows that this lesion has preponderance for upper limb involvement and occurs largely in immunosuppressed individuals. We report a case of MSCP of the skin due to atypical mycobacterium and discuss the risk of misdiagnosis as a sarcoma.
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U2 - 10.1136/bcr.11.2008.1221
DO - 10.1136/bcr.11.2008.1221
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84879251571
SN - 1757-790X
VL - 2009
JO - BMJ Case Reports
JF - BMJ Case Reports
ER -