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Case Reports
. 2018 Dec 4;7(1):189-192.
doi: 10.1002/ccr3.1949. eCollection 2019 Jan.

Angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia with clinical pictures of keratoacanthoma: A rare case report

Calvin Santosa  1 , Made Wardhana  2 , Herman Saputra  2
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Case Reports

Angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia with clinical pictures of keratoacanthoma: A rare case report

Calvin Santosa et al. Clin Case Rep. .

Abstract

Angiolymphoid Hyperplasia with Eosinophilia (ALHE) is a benign tumor of the skin which may mimic other benign or malignant lesion of the skin. Practitioners should consider this diagnosis as a differential when encounter such lesion as papule or nodule on the face and scalp area.

Keywords: angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia; dermatopathology; dermatosurgery; dermoscopy.

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Figure 1
Clinical picture of solitary nodule with central ulceration on nasal area
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Figure 2
Dermoscopic picture which show multiple dotted vessels on the central ulcer, with white keratin mass on the adjacent area
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Figure 3
Histopathological examination (H&E stain 40x to 100x) showing dermal mass which consist of enlarged endothelial cells with infiltrate of eosinophils, consistent with diagnosis of Angiolymphoid Hyperplasia with Eosinophilia
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