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Review
. 2023 Jul;43(7):2457-2467.
doi: 10.1007/s10792-023-02644-y. Epub 2023 Mar 4.

Angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia: a case series and literature review

Abdulrahman Alfarhan  1 , Azza Maktabi  2 , Mohammed M Alofi  3 , Humoud M Alotaibi  4   5
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Angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia: a case series and literature review

Abdulrahman Alfarhan et al. Int Ophthalmol. 2023 Jul.

Abstract

Purpose: Angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia is an uncommon chronic inflammatory condition of unknown etiology. Orbital and adnexal involvement findings are variable and often nonspecific.

Methods and result: We report six patients with angiolymphoid hyperplasia of the orbit, their clinical and histopathological characteristics, and a review of previously published literature with this diagnosis between 1980 and 2021.

Conclusion: ALHE has definite histopathologic features but inconclusive radiological studies. The ophthalmologic findings of this entity overlap significantly with other similar variants and may be thought as equivalent lesions.

Keywords: Angiolymphoid; Hyperplasia with eosinophilia; Kimura; Orbit; Ptosis.

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