LEIOMYOMA CUTIS

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Abstract
Two examples of this rare disorder observed recently comprise the basis of this report. In this country, cases have been reported by Hyde (1888), Hardaway (1897), Herzog (1898), C. J. White (1899) and Heidingsfeld (1907). Of the type reported here, less than fifty examples are on record. Dartoic myoma, which is a deeply seated, usually single myomatous tumor, is not included, as this is a surgical affection, nor are cases of mixed tumors which contain muscle fibers with other structures, among which are certain nevi. An example of muscle hyperplasia in a hairy and pigmented nevus was recently reported by Stokes.1 Although the clinical picture is striking and usually characteristic in leiomyoma, the nature of the disorder in several of the recorded cases was not recognized until it was revealed by microscopic study. The first of the two cases recorded here was considered to be syringocystadenoma until the myomatous

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