title: [Clinical analysis of epithelioid hemangioma of the head and neck in six cases].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the clinical presentation, pathological feature, therapy and outcome of epithelioid hemangioma.
  
  
  METHODS
  We reviewed the clinical findings, pathologic changes and outcomes of six cases with epithelioid hemangioma from Aug. 2007 to Sept. 2011.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There are four males and two females ranged from 18 to 44 years(median year was 29.5). Primary lesions sites included the parotid gland, neck and ear. Four lesions presented as a solitary mass, and no patient had history of trauma. All patients were treated by surgeries, and not complemented by medical. There were four patients relapsed during follow-up, and three of them accepted reoperations (two patients received postoperative radiotherapies), and no recurrence was detected.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Epithelioid hemangioma represents a benign vascular tumor, accurate diagnosis relies on clinical characteristic, histopathologic appearance and immunohistochemical findings, and it must be differentiated with Kimura's disease. The main treatment is surgery and the prognosis is well, but easy to recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lv
authors.forename: Ting
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Yuanzhi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Qin
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Shixi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis