Perineurial Vascular Hamartoma

Am J Dermatopathol. 2018 Apr;40(4):275-278. doi: 10.1097/DAD.0000000000000981.

Abstract

Perineural vascular proliferations are extremely rare, and only a few cases have been reported in the literature, usually under the designation of "intraneural hemangioma." We report a case of a 28-year-old man with a nodule in the right palm of his hand that developed over an 8- to- 12-month period. Microscopic examination revealed a vascular proliferation growing within connective tissue and entrapping small nerve bundles. The features of the lesion are consistent with an unusual hamartomatous growth of small vessels and nerves rather than a hemangioma arising within a nerve. Clinical and histological details, and a discussion of the relevant literature on this unusual lesion, are provided.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Hamartoma / pathology*
  • Hand / pathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Peripheral Nerves / pathology*