Title: Cystic Lymphangioma – Report of Atypical Case in Adult Female
Authors: Sagar R. Ambre, Mayank Chakarborty, Shahaji Chavan, Anuradha Dyanmote, Mahendra Bendre, Vinayak Khirsagar, Prashant Male
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v4i6.03
Lymphangioma are uncommon lesion of lymphatic channels that are often present at birth and diagnosed mostly (90%) before the age of two years. lymphangiomas are mainly seen in neck. We report a case of cystic lymphangioma in 45 years female patient which was successfully resected with a postoperative favorable outcome. KEYWORD- cystic lymphangioma, adult, surgery. 1. Bossert T, Gumment JF, Mohr FW, giant cystic lymphangioma of the mediastinum, Eur. J Cardiothorac surg.2002:21:340. 2. Pia F, Aluffip,Olina M, cystic lymphangioma in the head and neck region, Acta otorhinolaryngoTtal 19;87-90 3. Wiggs WJ Jr, Sismanis A (1994) cystic hygroma in the adult two case report. Otolaryngol Head neck surg 110;239-241 4. Gleason TJ, Yah WT, Tali ET,et al (1993) traumatic cystic lymphangioma in an adult, Ann otol rhinol laryngol 120;564-566 5. Aneeshkumar MK, Kale S, Kabhani M, et al (2005) cystic lymphangioma in adult; can truma be the trigger? Eur Arch Otol Rhinol Laryngol 262;335-337 6. Mohammadi A,Ghasemi-rad ,Abassi F, Asymptomatic lymphangioma involving the spleen and mediastinum in adult, Med Ultrson 2013;15;154-6 7. Brown CR,Peiman HM,Rosenow EC, Gloviezki DM, Divertie MB. Intrathoracic lymphangioma.mayo clin Proc 1986; 61;882-92 8. Oshikiri T,Morikawa T, Jinushi E, Kawankani Y, Katoh H, Five case of lymphangioma of mediastinum in adult, ANN thorac cardiac surg 2001;721;130-5 9. Correia FM, Seabra B, Rego A, etal cystic lymphangioma of the mediastinum,J Bras Pneumol 2008;34;182-4 10. Shaffer K,Rosado-de-Christenson ML,Partz EF jr, et al thoracic lymphangioma in adults ;ct an mr imaging features AJR Am J REoentgenol 1994;162;283-9 11. Curran AJ, Malik N, Mc share D, etal (1996) surgical management of cystic lymphangiomas in adults. J Larymgol otol 110;586-589 12. Ardenghy M, Miura Y, Kovach R, Hochberg J, cystic hygroma of the chest wall; a rare condition, Ann plast surg 1996;37;211-3 13. Karka PD ,Spencer MG , Lee M , et al (2005) cervical cystic hygroma; an acquired idiopathic late presentation. J laryangol otol 119;561-563.Abstract
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