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Eccrine angiomatous hamartoma causing walking difficulties
Author(s) -
Chen Shuang,
Xiong Lin,
Wang Sheng,
Wang TingTing,
Wang Lin,
Gurung Dilip
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
australasian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.67
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1440-0960
pISSN - 0004-8380
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2011.00847.x
Subject(s) - medicine , hyperhidrosis , hamartoma , hypertrichosis , lesion , dermatology , papule , thigh , surgery , pathology
Eccrine angiomatous hamartoma (EAH) is a rare tumoral lesion that consists of vascular and eccrine malformation and often occurs in the distal extremities of children. Although EAH is benign, a therapeutic excision may be required for symptomatic or cosmetic considerations. We hereby report a typical case of EAH presenting as a painful and rapidly growing plaque on the right thigh. The associated symptoms of pain, hyperhidrosis and local hypertrichosis caused walking difficulties until the patient was cured by two excisional surgeries.