Case Report: Recurrent blepharal kaposiform hemangioendothelioma in an adult patient

Wei Liu; Dan Zhao; Shirui Zhou; Hong Chen

doi:10.3389/fsurg.2023.1306566

Case Report: Recurrent blepharal kaposiform hemangioendothelioma in an adult patient

Front Surg. 2024 Jan 4:10:1306566. doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2023.1306566. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Wei Liu¹, Dan Zhao¹, Shirui Zhou¹, Hong Chen¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.

Abstract

Background: Kaposiform hemangioendothelioma (KHE) is a rare and invasive vascular tumor that mainly occurs in children and is rarely seen in adults. We report a case of KHE found on the eyelid of an adult patient.

Case report: We present an adult patient in whom KHE recurred 6 months after tumor resection. He underwent second surgical resection and intraoperative chemotherapy. There was no evidence of recurrence at the 3-year follow-up.

Conclusion: KHE in adults is easy to be misdiagnosed. KHE can be treated by surgical resection. Complete resection of the tumor and intraoperative chemotherapy may help prevent a recurrence.

Keywords: adult eyelid; bleomycin; kaposiform hemangioendothelioma; rare; recurrence.

Publication types

Case Reports

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