A Case of Arteriovenous Hemangioma showing Darier's Sign.
- Author:
Hee Joon YU
;
Sang Jin KWON
;
Ji Hyeung CHO
;
Hong Yoon YANG
;
Yong Wook PARK
;
Se Jin JANG
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Arteriovenous hemar gioma;
Dariers sign
- MeSH:
Adult;
Biopsy;
Diagnosis;
Forehead;
Hemangioma*;
Humans;
Mast Cells;
Skin;
Urticaria
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
1997;35(1):209-213
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We experienced a case of arteriovenous hemangioma showing Dariers sign on the forehead of a 43-year-old man. He presented with a single, 1 * 1.5cm sized, violaceous, asymptomatic nodule with a history of an intermittent wheal at the lesional site. This skin lesion showed Dariers sign clinically and proliferation of mast cells histopathologically with the punch biopsy specirnen suggesting urticaria pig- mentosa. Howerer, we could diagnose it as a arteriovenous hemangioma on complete excision, as the specimen showed arteriovenous proliferation with increased mast cells in a perivascular pattern. This case showed confusing clinical signs and showed the importance of complete excision for the diagnosis of a small skin tumor especially when a vascular proliferating tumor is suspected.
