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Rare disease
Cutaneous mycobacterial spindle cell pseudotumour
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  1. Geok Chin Tan1,
  2. Yen Piow Yap2,
  3. Mohd Sidik Shiran3,
  4. Abdul Rahman Sabariah3,
  5. Rajadurai Pathmanathan4
  1. 1
    Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Yaacob Latif, Bandar Tun Razak, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, 56000, Malaysia
  2. 2
    Subang Jaya Medical Centre, Subang Jaya, Kuala Lumpur, 56000, Malaysia
  3. 3
    Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Serdang, 56000, Malaysia
  4. 4
    Subang Jaya Medical Centre, Subang Jaya, Selangor, 56000, Malaysia
  1. Geok Chin Tan, tan_geok_chin{at}yahoo.com

Summary

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.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr.11.2008.1221

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    • Competing interests: none.

    • Patient consent: Patient/guardian consent was obtained for publication.