Korean J Dermatol.
2002 Jan;40(1):34-37.
Epithelioid Hemangioma Associated with Nevus Flammeus
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Dermatology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- 2Department of Dermatology, NHIC Ilsan Hospital, Korea. cnj0108@chollian.net
- 3Department of Pathology, NHIC Ilsan Hospital, Korea.
- 4Department of Dermatology, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Ilsan, Kyonggi-do, Korea.
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.
