Ulcerated cutaneous epithelioid hemangioendothelioma

Eur J Dermatol. 1999 Sep;9(6):487-90.

Abstract

Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma described first by Weiss and Enzinger in 1982 is an uncommon vascular tumor usually involving soft tissue, less frequently the lung and the liver and exceptionally the skin. We herein report a 52-year-old woman who presented an isolated moderately painful persistant ulceration of the concha of her left ear. Histopathological findings showed strands and nests of epithelioid endothelial cells typical of cutaneous epithelioid hemangioendothelioma. Immunohistochemical stainings confirmed the vascular nature of the tumor. Surgical excision by ear amputation was performed. In a review of the literature, to our knowledge, this clinical presentation as ulceration has never previously been reported.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Ear / pathology*
  • Ear / surgery
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Hemangioendothelioma, Epithelioid / diagnosis
  • Hemangioendothelioma, Epithelioid / pathology*
  • Hemangioendothelioma, Epithelioid / surgery
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Middle Aged
  • Skin Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Skin Neoplasms / surgery
  • Skin Ulcer / diagnosis
  • Skin Ulcer / pathology*
  • Skin Ulcer / surgery
  • Treatment Outcome