title: Angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia--an incidental finding after surgical excision.
abstract: Angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia (ALHE) is a rare benign vasoproliferative lesion. Although it is a benign disease, lesions are often persistent and difficult to eradicate. ALHE typically presents clinically as papules or nodules, tan, brown, pink or dull red in colour, located predominantly in the head and neck region, especially around the ears and on the forehead and scalp.All races can be affected and no gender predominance exists. The disease also has nonspecific clinical features, hence it requires in most of the cases biopsy for accurate diagnosis. We present an uncommon clinical presentation of the disease, mimicking clinically a subcutaneous lipomatous mass, which has been treated successfully with surgical excision.
authors.affiliation: Polyclinic for Dermatology and Venerology, Saint Kliment Ohridski University, Medical faculty, University Hospital Lozenetz, Koziak Str. 1, 1407 Sofia, Bulgaria. georgi_tchernev@yahoo.de
authors.forename: Georgi
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tchernev
authors.forename: Teodora
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Taneva
authors.forename: Julian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ananiev
authors.forename: José Carlos
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Cardoso
authors.forename: Maya
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gulubova
authors.forename: Valentin
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Velev
authors.forename: Anatoli
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karashmalakov
authors.forename: Liliya
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zisova
authors.forename: Christoph C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Geilen
mesh_terms: D000796:Angiolymphoid Hyperplasia with Eosinophilia / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D042783:Endothelial Cells / Q000473:pathology; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005546:Forehead / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008067:Lipoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008218:Lymphocytosis / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D040521:Subcutaneous Tissue / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*