Benign Lymphangioendothelioma -
A Case Report
Published: January 1, 2016 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2016/.7155
Naveen kumar Vittal, Sushruth Guruputra Kamoji, Shilpa Vinay Dastikop
1. Post Graduate Student, Department of Dermatology, Belagavi Institute of Medical Sciences, Belagavi, Karnataka, India.
2. Resident, Department of Dermatology, Belagavi Institute of Medical Sciences, Belagavi, Karnataka, India.
3. Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology, Belagavi Institute of Medical Sciences, Belagavi, Karnataka, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Naveen Kumar Vittal,
Postgraduate Student, Doctor’s Quarters, Room No-305, BIMS, Belagavi, Karnataka-590005, India.
E-mail: webershetty@gmail.com
Benign lymphangioendothelioma is an uncommon locally infiltrative lymphatic tumour, presenting as a slow-growing, asymptomatic, reddish-violaceous macule or plaque. Histopathologically, it is characterized by thin-walled endothelial-lined spaces that are interspersed between strands of collagen. It must be recognized and differentiated from angiosarcoma, early Kaposi’s sarcoma, in view of major differences in treatment and prognosis. A 24-year-old female presented with a raised lesion over the left leg since 2 years which was associated with minimal itching. Biopsy of the lesion showed thin walled vascular channels lined by single layer of bland endothelial cells at the dermo-epidermal junction, few vessels in the dermis.
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