Skin tumor - Nonmelanocytic - Striated muscle hamartoma

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Skin - Nonmelanocytic tumors

Other tumors of skin

Striated muscle hamartoma

Reviewer: Christopher Hale, M.D. (see Reviewers page)
Revised: 18 September 2012, last major update September 2012
Copyright: (c) 2001-2012, PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.

General
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● Also called rhabdomyosarcomatous mesenchymal hamartoma
● Benign process in infants, usually on chin or near ala of nose
● May be associated with other congenital anomalies
● May be multiple

Micro description
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● Central core has bundles of individual skeletal muscle fibers
● Also other mesenchymal elements

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