Open AccessAngiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia
Author(s) -
Sukumaran Pradeep Nair
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of skin and sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2582-3175
DOI - 10.25259/jsstd_1_2019
Subject(s) - angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia , dermis , medicine , pathology , eosinophilia , biopsy , subcutaneous tissue , skin biopsy , eosinophilic , nose , dermatology , anatomy
A 45-year-old male presented with multiple discrete and confluent erythematous plaques, distributed on the malar area and bridge of nose of 1-year duration those were blanching on diascopy. There was no history of photosensitivity. There were no skin lesions elsewhere. Blood examination was normal and antinuclear antibody profile was negative. Skin biopsy showed the upper dermis, mid dermis, and subcutaneous tissue packed with vascular spaces lined by epithelioid endothelial cells with eosinophilic infiltrate, diagnostic of angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia. The patient was treated with Nd-Yag laser resection.