Un cas cutané d’hyperplasie angiolymphoïde avec éosinophilie : présentation d’une entité rare

Angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia: A puzzling new observation

“…Angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia is a rare pathology characterized by a benign vascular proliferation associated with a mainly eosinophilic inflammatory infiltrate, it mainly affects young women and presents clinically in the form of papules or nodules which may be single or multiple, erythematous or purplish, asymptomatic or itchy in the cervico-facial region, the major problem of this condition is bleeding and aesthetic damage since it's predominates in the cervico-cephalic region.The diagnosis is based on the anatomopathological study and the therapeutic modalities are varied represented mainly by surgery in paucilesional cases [1].…”

“…Angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia (ALHE), is a rare entity misunderstood by some dermatologist, initially described in 1969 by Wells and Whimster, it is a benign acquired vascular tumor [1], it is more common in middle-aged Caucasian women with an expression that is most often cutaneous, rarely visceral (salivary glands, lacrimal glands, heart, lungs) or hematological with hypereosinophilia [2][3][4].…”