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Wide local excision of a composite hemangioendothelioma in a 31-year-old male resulted in no local recurrence or metastasis at 5 months of follow-up.
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This report describes a rare case of composite hemangioendothelioma successfully treated with wide local excision, representing the first reported case from India.
May support wide local excision in composite hemangioendothelioma; leaves open long-term outcomes and larger-series validation.
Composite Hemangioendothelioma (CHE) is a new entity classified under the Heman gioendothelioma (HE) group of tumours. It is an extremely rare vascular neoplasm of low to moderate malignancy. Very few cases have been described in the literature. We herein report a case of CHE arising in a 31-year-old male who presented with a history of painless slow growing swelling on upper back since 1year. Clinically, the surface of firm and mobile swelling of 1.5x1.5cm showed focal ulcerations. The histopathological findings were consistent with the diagnosis of composite hemangioendothelioma. The patient underwent wide local excision and at the end of five months of follow up there were no features of local recurrence or metastasis. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of CHE from India.
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Amoolya Bhat (2016) conducted a case report in Composite Hemangioendothelioma (n=1). Wide local excision was evaluated on Local recurrence or metastasis. Wide local excision of a composite hemangioendothelioma in a 31-year-old male resulted in no local recurrence or metastasis at 5 months of follow-up.
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