Angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia
P. G. Henry and J. W. Burnett
Angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia is manifested by benign
vascular tumors that usually occur about the head in young adults. Clinical
and histologic variation of this process has resulted in nosologic
confusion, and the cases in the English literature were reviewed to
characterize it within racial groups. Oriental patients tend to be younger
at onset, usually male, and have marked blood eosinophilia; large, but
relatively asymptomatic, tumors develop in these patients. White patients
tend to be older at onset and have small, friable tumors. Large tumors that
are painful or pruritic tend to develop in blacks and Middle Eastern
patients.
