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Angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia: an uncommon tumor of the external auditory canal. 1990

G E Murty, and N H Cox

Department of Otolaryngology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

We present a case of an 80-year-old woman with a six-month history of painless nodules in her external auditory canal. Biopsies of these nodules revealed ALHE. This type of lesion rarely has been reported in the otolaryngologic literature, despite the fact that the head and neck are sites of predilection. The potential of malignancy with this disorder is debatable, and the histologic features overlap with other benign and malignant vascular tumors. Thus, adequate local excision is recommended.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D004424	Ear Canal	The narrow passage way that conducts the sound collected by the EAR AURICLE to the TYMPANIC MEMBRANE.	Auditory Canal, External,External Acoustic Canal,External Acoustic Meatus,External Auditory Canal,External Ear Canal,Acoustic Canal, External,Acoustic Canals, External,Acoustic Meatus, External,Auditory Canals, External,Canal, Ear,Canal, External Ear,Canals, Ear,Canals, External Ear,Ear Canal, External,Ear Canals,Ear Canals, External,External Acoustic Canals,External Auditory Canals,External Ear Canals
D004427	Ear Diseases	Pathological processes of the ear, the hearing, and the equilibrium system of the body.	Otologic Diseases,Otological Diseases,Disease, Ear,Disease, Otologic,Disease, Otological,Ear Disease,Otologic Disease,Otological Disease
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368	Aged	A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available.	Elderly
D000369	Aged, 80 and over	Persons 80 years of age and older.	Oldest Old
D000796	Angiolymphoid Hyperplasia with Eosinophilia	Solitary or multiple benign cutaneous nodules comprised of immature and mature vascular structures intermingled with endothelial cells and a varied infiltrate of eosinophils, histiocytes, lymphocytes, and mast cells.	Granuloma, Pseudopyogenic,Pseudopyogenic Granuloma,Granulomas, Pseudopyogenic,Pseudopyogenic Granulomas