Multinucleate cell angiohistiocytoma of the lower vermilion lip: an unusual site

G Ital Dermatol Venereol. 2019 Feb;154(1):79-81. doi: 10.23736/S0392-0488.16.05111-7. Epub 2016 Oct 5.

Abstract

Multinucleate cell angiohistiocytoma (MCA) represent an uncommon benign fibrohistiocytic vascular lesion that sometimes may go undiagnosed because of its clinical and histopathological similarities with benign fibrous histiocytoma and other soft-tissue neoplasms especially when localized on oral cavity or semi mucosa. We report the case of a solitary multinucleate cell angiohistiocytoma on the lower lip of a 46-year-old woman suggesting that this rare lesion should be considered in the differential diagnosis of the oral soft-tissue neoplasms.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / diagnosis*
  • Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / pathology
  • Humans
  • Lip Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Lip Neoplasms / pathology
  • Middle Aged
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / pathology