Open AccessEpithelioid hemangioendothelioma of upper lip: A rare entity
Author(s) -
Anju Mathew,
Mathew Daniel,
Sharlene Sara Babu,
Sunil Nair
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of indian academy of oral medicine and radiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0975-1572
pISSN - 0972-1363
DOI - 10.4103/jiaomr.jiaomr_130_16
Subject(s) - medicine , epithelioid hemangioendothelioma , upper lip , anatomy , dermatology , pathology , immunohistochemistry
Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EHE) is an uncommon vascular neoplasm intermediating hemangioma and angiosarcoma characterized by the proliferation of epithelioid or histiocytoid endothelial cells with vacuolated cytoplasm and occasional eosinophilic spindle cells. Tumors of intermediate behavior may recur locally and metastasize but with less frequency compared to malignant ones. It rarely affects the oral cavity. Literature review shows only a few cases of this entity in the oral mucosa. Due to its rarity, we report a case of EHE on the upper lip