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| Fig. 47.8 Leiomyosarcoma. Ulcerated leiomyosarcoma of the upper arm in a woman. (Courtesy of the Fitzsimons Army Medical Center teaching files.) |
This solitary tumor has a nonspecific appearance, presenting as a red-pink nodule of 0.5 cm to .3.0 cm, and may be painful. It exhibits a predilection for proximal extremity extensor surfaces and areas of greatest hair distribution. The tumors may occasionally be ulcerated (Fig. 47-8).
