Open AccessEpitheloid hemangioma: A report of two cases
Author(s) -
Basanti Devi,
Swapna Jena,
Debjit Kar,
Sibasish Patro,
Binodini Behera
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of dermatology/indian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1998-3611
pISSN - 0019-5154
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5154.139918
Subject(s) - medicine , pyogenic granuloma , hemangioma , sarcoidosis , histopathological examination , differential diagnosis , head and neck , syphilis , granuloma , pathology , dermatology , surgery , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , lesion , family medicine
We report two cases of epitheloid hemangioma presented with multiple nodular lesions over head and neck region. One of them gave history of bleeding on minor trauma. Pyogenic granuloma was considered as a differential diagnosis from the morphological appearance and history of bleeding. Nodular leprosy, sarcoidosis, and secondary syphilis were also considered. Histopathological examination of both was typical of epitheloid hemangioma, an entity commonly overlooked clinically due to its rarity.