title: Cutaneous epithelioid hemangioendothelioma.
abstract: Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EHE) is a rare vascular tumor of endothelial cell origin. We describe an EHE arising on the plantar surface of the foot that was treated as verruca vulgaris for several years before a biopsy showed EHE. We discuss the clinical and histopathologic differential diagnoses for these tumors and review additional cases in which EHE has been mistaken for benign entities clinically.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA. lclarke@hmc.psu.edu
authors.forename: Loren E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Clarke
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Militello
authors.forename: Rosalie
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Elenitsas
authors.forename: Jacqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Junkins-Hopkins
mesh_terms: D003218:Condylomata Acuminata / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000473:pathology; D018323:Hemangioendothelioma, Epithelioid / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009463:Neuroma / Q000473:pathology; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders; D014008:Tinea Pedis / Q000473:pathology; D014860:Warts / Q000473:pathology