AUTHOR=Liu Wei , Zhao Dan , Zhou Shirui , Chen Hong 

TITLE=Case Report: Recurrent blepharal kaposiform hemangioendothelioma in an adult patient

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Surgery

VOLUME=10

YEAR=2024

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/surgery/articles/10.3389/fsurg.2023.1306566

DOI=10.3389/fsurg.2023.1306566

ISSN=2296-875X

ABSTRACT=<sec><title>Background</title><p>Kaposiform hemangioendothelioma (KHE) is a rare and invasive vascular tumor that mainly occurs in children and is rarely seen in adults. We report a case of KHE found on the eyelid of an adult patient.</p></sec><sec><title>Case report</title><p>We present an adult patient in whom KHE recurred 6 months after tumor resection. He underwent second surgical resection and intraoperative chemotherapy. There was no evidence of recurrence at the 3-year follow-up.</p></sec><sec><title>Conclusion</title><p>KHE in adults is easy to be misdiagnosed. KHE can be treated by surgical resection. Complete resection of the tumor and intraoperative chemotherapy may help prevent a recurrence.</p></sec>