Lupu Mihai, Tebeica Tiberiu, Malciu Ana Maria, Voiculescu Vlad Mihai
Department of Dermatology, MEDAS Medical Center, 030442 Bucharest, Romania.
Department of Dermatology, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 050474 Bucharest, Romania.
Diagnostics (Basel). 2022 May 20;12(5):1276. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics12051276.
Multinucleate cell angiohistiocytoma (MCAH) is a rare, benign, vascular or fibrohistiocytic tumor usually presenting as single or multiple, reddish-brown papules mostly affecting the limbs and dorsum of the hands of middle-aged females. Since 1985, relatively few MCAH cases have been reported. In vivo reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) findings of MCAH have never been described. We report a case of MCAH with new non-invasive imaging findings through RCM in correlation with dermoscopy and histopathology. A 66-year-old woman with an unremarkable family and personal history of an atypical nevus presented with a lesion on her right breast. It had appeared 12 months earlier and progressively enlarged. Physical examination revealed a 20 × 11.6 mm, non-tender, reddish-brown maculo-papular lesion with blurred margins. Dermoscopy showed diffusely arranged reddish areas, coalescing whitish patches, truncated and dotted vessels, and a peripheral brown reticulated pattern. RCM revealed a poorly outlined lesion with a normal honeycomb pattern, numerous vessels at the dermal-epidermal junction, and isolated, large, mildly reflective, bizarre structures with angulated edges. These findings correlated well with histological features, which established the diagnosis of MCAH. Even though histopathology remains the gold standard in the diagnosis of MCAH, non-invasive tools such as RCM can help rule out other entities, therefore reducing surgery-associated morbidity.
多核细胞血管组织细胞瘤(MCAH)是一种罕见的良性血管或纤维组织细胞瘤,通常表现为单个或多个红棕色丘疹,主要累及中年女性的四肢和手背。自1985年以来,报道的MCAH病例相对较少。MCAH的体内反射共聚焦显微镜(RCM)检查结果从未被描述过。我们报告一例MCAH病例,通过RCM获得了新的非侵入性影像学检查结果,并与皮肤镜检查和组织病理学结果相关联。一名66岁女性,家族史和个人史无异常,有一个非典型痣,右乳出现一个皮损。该皮损12个月前出现并逐渐增大。体格检查发现一个20×11.6mm、无压痛的红棕色斑丘疹性皮损,边缘模糊。皮肤镜检查显示有弥漫性分布的红色区域、融合的白色斑块、截断状和点状血管以及周边棕色网状图案。RCM显示一个轮廓不清的皮损,具有正常的蜂巢状图案,真皮-表皮交界处有许多血管,还有孤立的、大的、轻度反光的、边缘有棱角的奇异结构。这些发现与组织学特征高度相关,从而确诊为MCAH。尽管组织病理学仍然是MCAH诊断的金标准,但RCM等非侵入性工具有助于排除其他病变,从而降低手术相关发病率。