Soft tissue epithelioid hemangioendothelioma on the palm of the hand. Case report

Felipe Mesa; Marly Camargo; Linda Carvajal; Ricardo Bravo

doi:10.1080/23320885.2023.2256541

Soft tissue epithelioid hemangioendothelioma on the palm of the hand. Case report

Case Reports Plast Surg Hand Surg. 2023 Sep 21;10(1):2256541. doi: 10.1080/23320885.2023.2256541. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Felipe Mesa^{1

2}, Marly Camargo³, Linda Carvajal³, Ricardo Bravo⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Plastic Surgery, CES University, Medellín, Colombia.
² Plastic Surgeon IQ interquirofanos, Fundación Colombiana de Cancerología, Medellín, Colombia.
³ Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery Resident, CES University, Medellín, Colombia.
⁴ General Surgery Resident La Sabana University, Bogotá, Colombia.

Abstract

Hemangioendothelioma is a malignant vascular tumor, according to ISSVA classification of vascular tumors. This patient presented an epithelioid hemangioendothelioma; this type of tumor can exhibit significant local destruction, sometimes requiring limb amputation. With deferred Mohs micrographic surgery and reconstructive surgery with multiple conventional and microsurgical techniques, partial or total amputation of the hand was avoided.

Keywords: Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma; hand reconstruction; hand tumor; vascular sarcoma.

Publication types

Case Reports