Case for diagnosis. Multinucleated cell angiohistiocytoma

An Bras Dermatol. 2018 Mar;93(2):291-293. doi: 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20186821.

Abstract

Multinucleate cell angiohistiocytoma is a rare idiopathic benign fibrohistiocytic and vascular proliferation usually presenting as multiple asymptomatic papules, red to violaceous in colour, primarily located on the extremities of middle-aged females. This entity is probably underdiagnosed due to the lack of recognition by clinicians and pathologists. We describe a patient with a multinucleate cell angiohistiocytoma of the face, a less frequent localization, in order to increase awareness of this entity and elucidate its clinical, histopathological, and immunohistochemistry features.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy
  • Cheek / pathology
  • Erythema / pathology
  • Facial Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Facial Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Female
  • Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / diagnosis
  • Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Skin Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology*