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Angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia of the parapharyngeal space

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

S. S. Backhouse
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK.
G. R. Shone*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK.
A. G. Douglas-Jones
Affiliation:
Department of Histopathology, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK.
*
Address for correspondence: G. R. Shone, F.R.C.S., Consultant Otolaryngologist, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff CF4 4XW. Fax: 01222 744563

Abstract

Angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia (ALHE) is an uncommon benign condition characterized by cutaneous nodules with a predeliction for the head and neck region. Extracutaneous involvement is rare. We report a 44-year-old woman who had a large submucosal ALHE tumour in the parapharyngeal space. Our patient is of interest because of the unusual, and as far as we are aware from the literature, unique site and presentation of her lesion.

Type
Pathology in Focus
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1998

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