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Case Number : Case 1418- 30 November Posted By: Guest

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Case History: The patient is a 51 year old white woman with a shave removal of a bleeding lesion present for one year taken from the mid lower back.

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Dr. Mona Abdel-Halim

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Thinking of papillary intralymphatic angioendothelioma (PILA) or Dabaska's tumor. I am perceiving a large dilated vascular space with intraluminal proliferation of papillae lined by hob nail endothelial cells. Adjacent to it many dilated lymphatic like spaces are seen.

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Raul Perret

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Yes I also think this is papillary intralymphatic angioendothelioma, with quite a massive quantity of papillae

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Dr. Mona Abdel-Halim

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I have just thought of something else: hobnail hemangioma can have a focal papillary projections and is said to be characteristic, so may be due to the absence of lymphocytic infiltrate intra and extra vascularly, the better diagnosis is hobnail hemangioma, I propose it as a DDx.

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Dr. Mona Abdel-Halim

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According to McKee's pathology of skin, hobnail hemangioma is likely to represent the benign end of the spectrum of a group of lesions characterized by hobnail endothelial cells including PILA and retiform hemangioendothelioma :-)

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Dr. Mona Abdel-Halim

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Congratulations to our friend in DermpathPRO Arti Bakshi for passing the Royal College Diploma of Dermatopathology... Well done, you deserve the best :-)

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Dr. Richard Carr

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I was thinking of hobnail haemangioma too but liked Mona's suggestion of PILA and the spectrum. I am guessing it is a lymphatic/venous malformation. 

 

Regarding the RCPath diploma just to be clear this exam is ridiculously hard - set at expert referral practice (i.e. a dermatopathologist who is centrally reviewing the cases of other colleagues).  So well done to Arti indeed.

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Guest Romualdo

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In my opinion the lack of hemosiderin speaks against a hobnail hemangioma (targetoid hemosiderotic hemangioma). The anastomosing network of vascular channels tends to run horizontally and to me is suggestive of a benign lymphangioendothelioma (acquired progressive lymphangioma).

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Arti Bakshi

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Thanks Mona! A big thank you also to the entire faculty and contributors of dermpathpro from whom I have learnt so much! Especially grateful to you, Richard, for also letting me view your phenomenal slide collection (an absolute must for anyone contemplating the diploma in the UK) and all your support.

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Arti Bakshi

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Coming back to the case, I was thinking hobnail haemangioma too, but like Romualdo's suggestion of acquired progressive lymphangioma. There are no lymphocytes in the stroma though!

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