Reactive angioendotheliomatosis presenting as cellulitis

Clin Exp Dermatol. 2013 Oct;38(7):748-50. doi: 10.1111/ced.12119. Epub 2013 Mar 15.

Abstract

Reactive angioendotheliomatosis (RAE) is a diagnostically challenging condition characterized by multiple possible clinical presentations, which makes diagnosis challenging. We present a rare case of RAE mimicking cellulitis in a 74-year-old woman with a valvular disease and also end-stage renal disease, for which she was being treated with haemodialysis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Cellulitis / diagnosis*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Heart Valve Diseases / complications
  • Hemangioendothelioma / diagnosis*
  • Humans
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / complications
  • Skin Neoplasms / diagnosis*

Supplementary concepts

  • Reactive angioendotheliomatosis