Angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia (epithelioid hemangioma) of the breast: Report of a case

We report herein the unusual case of a 35-year-old woman found to have angi olymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia (ALHE) of the breast, The patient w as initially referred to our hospital for investigation of a well-circumscr ibed breast lump, 2.5 cm in diameter, and a clinical diagnosis of fibroaden oma was made. However, fine-needle aspiration cytology of the lump revealed an admixture of lymphocytes and eosinophils, Therefore, the lump was excis ed and microscopic examination showed features of ALHE. No evidence of recu rrence of the lump has been seen in the 2 years since this excision. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case to be documented of ALHE ari sing in the breast.