Open AccessAngiolymphoid hyperplasia with arterial ectasia and arteriovenous malformation: Response to intra-arterial embolization
Author(s) -
Nitin Lade,
Pankaj Banode,
Neha Dhope,
Prithvi Tharafdar,
Vikrant Saoji
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of dermatology, venereology, and leprology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0973-3922
pISSN - 0378-6323
DOI - 10.4103/0378-6323.181202
Subject(s) - ectasia , medicine , angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia , arteriovenous malformation , embolization , histopathology , radiology , angiography , digital subtraction angiography , magnetic resonance angiography , pathology , magnetic resonance imaging , eosinophilia
Angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia is a rare disease characterized by vascular proliferation of unknown origin. The lesions are mostly seen in the head and neck region and are characterized by papules or nodules. A 20-year-old man presented with a 1 year history of reddish papulo-nodular lesions overlying a pulsatile swelling on the left auricular area. Histopathology was suggestive of angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia. B-mode ultrasonography, color Doppler and angiography revealed arterial ectasia and arteriovenous malformation of the left auricular artery. Such malformations have been reported previously, in association with angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia. The cutaneous lesions responded well to transarterial embolization of the nidus.