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Cutaneous epithelioid hemangioendothelioma, epithelioid cell histiocytoma and Spitz nevus
Author(s) -
Zelger Bettina G.,
Wambacher Beatrix,
Steiner Hansjörg,
Zelger Bernhard
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of cutaneous pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1600-0560
pISSN - 0303-6987
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0560.1997.tb01096.x
Subject(s) - epithelioid hemangioendothelioma , epithelioid cell , pathology , medicine , spitz nevus , hemangioendothelioma , nevus , immunohistochemistry , melanoma , cancer research
We report the unusual history of a young lady who, over a period of 9 years, developed 3 epithelioid neoplasms of different histiogenetic origin: a cutaneous epithelioid hemangioendothelioma, an epithelioid cell histiocytoma, and a Spitz nevus. To the best of our knowledge, such an unusual combination of neoplasms has not been reported previously and raises the question of an underlying “epithelioid” reaction pattern responsible for the epithelioid appearance in all 3 tumors; the likelihood of such a combination of tumors occurring in a single patient would be less than 1 in 1 billion.