ANGIOLYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA WITH EOSINOPHILIA IN THE COLON - A NOVEL CAUSE OF RECTAL BLEEDING

Angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia (epithelioid haemangioma) is an uncommon but distinctive lesion seen principally in the skin. A case of severe gastrointestinal haemorrhage in a 63 year old male is r eported, which necessitated a right hemicolectomy. A lobulated nodule was seen macroscopically that had the histological appearance of angio lymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia, with sheets of lymphocytes and eosinophils associated with many vessels showing plump and pleomorphi c endothelial cells. This is the first reported case of this entity in the large intestine.