Angiolymphoid Hyperplasia of the External Auditory Canal; Reconstruction of a Complex Defect

xlomafota13 shared this article with you from Inoreader Angiolymphoid Hyperplasia of the External Auditory Canal; Reconstruction of a Complex Defect Via ear nose throat Ear Nose Throat J. 2021 May 26:1455613211016721. doi: 10.1177/01455613211016721. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Angiolymphoid hyperplasia (AH) was first described by Wells and Whimster in 1969 as a benign vasoproliferative pathology with a varied infiltrate of eosinophils, lymphocytes, and plasmatic cells. Clinical presentation has been described in the literature as small red-bluish nodules, less than 3 cm in diameter that can bleed in 25% of the cases and be pruritic and painful in 37% and 20% of the cases, respectively. Particularly, AH can appear in the ear; nevertheless, other regions have been affected, including the scalp, lips, tongue, orbit, muscle, and bone. Most of these cases have occurred in adults with an unknown etiology; however, an inflammatory process has been associated in approximately 20% with eosinophilia. No malignancy has been reported. PMID:34037492 | DOI:10.1177/01455613211016721 View on the web Inoreader. Take back control of your news feed. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.