Angiomatous Hamartoma - A Rare Presentation
Published: September 1, 2016 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2016/20472.8538
Sharad Hernot, Raman Wadhera, Madhuri Kaintura, Sandeep Bhukar, Dheeraj Shashikumar Pillai
1. Senior Resident, Department of ENT, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
2. Professor, Department of ENT, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
3. Junior Resident, Department of ENT, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
4. Junior Resident, Department of ENT, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
5. Junior Resident, Department of ENT, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Sharad Hernot,
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Eccrine Angiomatous Hamartoma (EAH) is a benign rare skin neoplasm characterised histologically by abnormal proliferation of sweat glands and surrounding capillaries and other dermal elements like fatty lobules and hair. It usually presents at birth or in early childhood in the form of solitary nodules mostly affecting the extremities. Here, we report a case of angiomatous hamartoma over the face which presented as a cystic swelling in preauricular region in a 55-year-old man. The late onset and a rare site for presentation of EAH prompted us to report the case. There is not even a single case of EAH arising in the “preauricular” region, reported.
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