Epithelioid Hemangioma Associated with Nevus Flammeus.
- Author:
Hyoung Sup KIM
1
;
Sang Ho OH
;
Nam Joon CHO
;
Mi Kyung LEE
;
Sung Nam CHANG
;
Dong Kun KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Epithelioid hemangioma;
Nevus flammeus;
Eosinophil
- MeSH:
Angiolymphoid Hyperplasia with Eosinophilia;
Capillaries;
Endothelial Cells;
Eosinophils;
Head;
Hemangioma*;
Humans;
Hyperplasia;
Lymphocytes;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Neck;
Nevus*;
Port-Wine Stain*;
Subcutaneous Tissue
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
2002;40(1):34-37
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Epithelioid hemangioma, the term which was first used by Enzinger and Weiss, is synonymous with angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia. It defines a lesion occurring usually in the dermal and subcutaneous tissue of the head and neck, characterized by localized, marginated and relatively symmetrical proliferation of the capillaries around a medium-sized vessel with an epithelioid hyperplasia of endothelial cell. There is a marked inflammatory reaction composed of lymphocytes and eosinophils. We report a case of epithelioid hemangioma associated with nevus flammeus in a 53-year-old male. Histology revealed typical feature of epithelioid hemangioma that proliferation of dilated vessels with prominent endothelial cells surrounded by dense lymphoid cell infiltrates but no eosinophils were identified.
