Acquired capillary hemangioma of the eyelid in a 49-year-old woman from Turkey

A 49-year-old woman developed a dark brown nodular mass in the lower eyelid. The lesion had grown fast for 2 months and then had remained stable in size. Excisional biopsy was performed. Histopathological examination of an excisional biopsy specimen pointed to proliferative vessels lined by increase...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Kıvanç, Sertaç Argun, Olcaysu, Osman Okan, Gelincik, Ibrahim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
Materias:
Brief Communications
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4244751/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25370407
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.143955
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Sumario:A 49-year-old woman developed a dark brown nodular mass in the lower eyelid. The lesion had grown fast for 2 months and then had remained stable in size. Excisional biopsy was performed. Histopathological examination of an excisional biopsy specimen pointed to proliferative vessels lined by increased endothelial cells without nuclear atypism. The nodular mass evaluated as a capillary hemangioma.

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