Open AccessAngiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia: An uncommon presentation and novel treatment of a rare disease
Author(s) -
David Surprenant,
Amanda Goslawski,
Karen Kagha,
Dana Griffin,
Kumaran Mudaliar,
Kelli A. Hutchens,
Daniel Opel,
Rebecca Tung
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
case reports in clinical pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2331-2734
pISSN - 2331-2726
DOI - 10.5430/crcp.v5n2p12
Subject(s) - angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia , medicine , presentation (obstetrics) , head and neck , rare disease , eosinophilia , dermatology , disease , pathology , radiology , surgery
Angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia (ALHE) is an uncommon benign vascular proliferation characterized by isolated or grouped red-brown papules or nodules, most often located on the head or neck. Treatment of ALHE is difficult, with high recurrence rates reported across a myriad of different interventions. We report an atypical clinical presentation of ALHE that was successfully treated with a novel dual-therapeutic approach consisting of surgical excision followed by treatment with the pulsed dye laser.