Title:
A Case report of an angiohistiocytoma with multinucleated gaint cells
Wael Aljehani, Thomas Mentzel, Mosaad Megahed, Amir Yazdi
ABSTRACT:
Multinucleate cell angiohistiocytoma is a rare vascular and
fibrohistiocytic tumor of the skin with characteristic component of
multinucleated giant cells. It was first clinically described in 1985 by
Smith and Jones presenting as reddish-purple nodules affecting mostly
the face and distal extremities of middle-aged women [9].
Clinically, MCAH has a broad differential diagnosis including but not
limited to dermatofibromas, microvenular hemangioma, lichen planus,
granuloma annular, sarcoid, eruptive leiomyoma, lymphomatoid papulosis,
papulonecrotic tuberculid, Kaposi sarcoma, and leukemia and lymphoma
with cutaneous involvement
Keywords: Dermatofibroma, Giant cell fibroblastoma,
Multinucleate cell angiohistiocytoma