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Epithelioid Hemangioma

Synonyms: Kimura disease, histiocytoid hemangioma, angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia

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Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors

Abstract

It is a benign tumor characterized by angioblastic proliferation with an epithelioid aspect and associated with chronic inflammatory reaction where eosinophilic granulocytes prevail.

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Campanacci, M., Bertoni, F., Bacchini, P. (1990). Epithelioid Hemangioma. In: Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-29279-2_76

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