Endovascular papillary angioendothelioma in an elderly female.
Endovascular papillary angioendothelioma (EPA) is a rare vascular tumor of low grade malignancy, encountered primarily in children. However some cases have also been reported in adults. A sixty year old female with EPA is described here. She presented with a swelling in the neck. Total surgical excision was performed. Histomorphology revealed anastomosing lymphatic channels showing intraluminal papillary fronds with hyaline vascular cores and hobnailing of endothelial cells. A diagnosis of EPA was made based on this picture. This tumor is recurrent and nodal metastasis has been reported in some cases.
Mishra
Aparajita
A
Department of Pathology, S C B Medical College, Cuttack, Orissa.
Tripathy
Kalpalata
K
Bhuyan
Pallavi
P
Mohanty
Pranati
P
Rath
Jayashree
J
Mohanty
Raghumani
R
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006390:Hemangioendothelioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck / Q000473:pathology*