Lacrimal gland epithelioid haemangioma
- Southampton Eye Unit, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Department of Pathology, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Accepted 10 June 1997
- Southampton Eye Unit, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Department of Pathology, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Accepted 10 June 1997
- Southampton Eye Unit, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Department of Pathology, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Mr A G A Coombes, Croydon Eye Unit, Mayday University Hospital, Mayday Road, Croydon, Surrey CR7 7YE.
- Accepted 10 June 1997
Editor,—Epithelioid haemangioma (EH) is the preferred name used to describe a rare primary, neoplastic disorder of vascular endothelium with a variable and secondary inflammatory response.1 It is part of a spectrum of epithelioid vascular tumours and has been reported under a number terms, in particular angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia. The term Kimura’s disease has been used interchangeably with these terms but this should now be considered a separate disorder.23 We report a case in which EH involved the lacrimal gland in isolation, without systemic eosinophilia or other features of Kimura’s disease.
CASE REPORT
A 77-year-old white woman with no previous medical history presented with a 1 year history of fullness in the right orbit and gradual right ptosis. She had developed epiphora 6 months before presentation and reported a non-specific visual disturbance in the …
