| leiomyoma cutis | Cutaneous eruption of multiple small painful nodules composed of smooth muscle fibres; derived from arrector muscles of hair. Synonym: dermatomyoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| leukaemia cutis | Yellow-brown, red, blue-red, or purple, sometimes nodular lesions associated with diffuse infiltration of leukaemic cells in the skin; the involvement may be diffuse and generalised, i.e., so-called universal leukaemia cutis, or it may be localised. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lipoidosis cutis et mucosae | <disease> A familial disease occurring in the course of latent diabetes, marked by yellowish nodules due to deposits of a protein-lipid complex on the oral tongue and sublingual and faucial areas, translucent keratotic papillomatous eyelid lesions, keratotic lesions on the extremities, and hoarseness. It is due to a disturbance of lipid metabolism with autosomal recessive inheritance and is frequently associated with intracranial calcifications. inheritance: autosomal recessive. Synonym: hyalinasis cutis et mucosae, lipoidosis cutis et mucosae, Urbach-Wiethe disease. (05 Mar 2000) |