Surgical resection and skin graft repair for a case of angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia of the posterior ear

VernacularTitle:手术切除并植皮治疗耳后嗜酸性粒细胞增多性血管淋巴样增生一例
Author: Qingping ZHAO ¹ ; Jie FANG ; Baoren WANG ; Weiqing LIN
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1. 毕节市第一人民医院皮肤科
Keywords: Angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia; Surgical procedures,operative; Surgical flaps
From: Chinese Journal of Dermatology 2019;52(8):568-569
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: A 34-year-old female patient presented with itchy nodules on the left posterior ear for 7 years.Skin examination showed clustered light-red or brown-black nodules measuring about 4 cm × 5 cm in size on the left posterior auricle,as well as from the posterior sulcus of the auricle to the anterior border of the hair line on the posterior auricle.Histopathological examination of the skin lesion revealed epidermal hyperkeratosis,proliferation of a lot of small blood vessels in the dermis,swelling vascular endothelial cells with enlarged nuclei and eosinophilic cytoplasm bulging into vascular cavity,and perivascular infiltration of lymphocytes and many eosinophils.The patient was diagnosed with angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia.After extended surgical resection,a skin graft from the left lower abdomen was used to repair the defect.After the surgery,the flap survived well,and the appearance of the auricle was improved.No recurrence was observed during 1 year of follow-up.