Epithelioid Hemangioma of Nasal Tip.
- Author:
Jun Hee BYEON
1
;
Moon Seop CHOI
Author Information
1. Department of Plastic Surgery, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. byeon@catholic.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Epithelioid hemangioma;
Angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia;
Nasal tip
- MeSH:
Angiolymphoid Hyperplasia with Eosinophilia;
Capillaries;
Endothelial Cells;
Eosinophils;
Head;
Hemangioma*;
Hyperplasia;
Lymphocytes;
Neck;
Subcutaneous Tissue
- From:Journal of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
2003;30(2):245-248
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
Epithelioid hemangioma was firstly described by Enzinger and Weiss. It belongs to a group of unusual vascular proliferation accompanying prominent eosinophilic infiltration and synonymous with angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia(ALHE). Histopathologically, the lesion is characterized by localized, marginated and relatively symmetrical proliferation of capillaries around a medium-sized vessel with an epithelioid hyperplasia of endothelial cell and marked infiltration of inflammatory cells, eosinophils and lymphocytes. The lesion occurs usually in the dermal and subcutaneous tissue of the head and neck area. We report a case of epithelioid hemangioma occuring on the nasal tip in a 72-years-old man. Microscopically, the lesion consisted of a proliferating vessels surrounded by inflammatory infilatration predominantly composed of eosinophils and lymphocytes. But vessels were lined by conventional-appearing endothelial cells.
