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Year : 2014 | Volume
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Medial canthus retiform hemangioendothelioma
Yasser H Al-Faky1, Abdul Rahman Al-Mosallam1, Ammar C Al-Rikabi2, Mohammed O Al-Sohaibani2
1 Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 2 Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Correspondence Address:
Yasser H Al-Faky Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, PO Box 245, Riyadh 11411 Saudi Arabia
Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.126995
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Retiform hemangioendothelioma (RH) is a distinct entity in the spectrum of vascular tumors with a high local recurrence rate. It is considered a low-grade, well-differentiated cutaneous angiosarcoma with low metastatic potential. We report here for the first time a case of medial canthus recurrent RH. It may be helpful in our practice to include RH as a differential diagnosis of eyelid lesions. It is noteworthy that the progressive course and recurrence tendency of RH might be misdiagnosed as angiosarcoma or basal cell carcinoma (BCC), if not expected and carefully evaluated by the pathologist. |
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