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An Unusual Case of Thigh Swelling
Lymphangiomas are benign tumours, almost exclusively found in children. Primary work-up includes imaging. We report a case of lymphangioma in the leg in an adult patient, initially masked as a myxoma. Our patient underwent ultrasound, computerised tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging, which we...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10188287/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37200650 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.37662 |
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author | Douglas-Seidl, Sarah Damodaran Prabha, Ramesh Farooque, Yasser |
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description | Lymphangiomas are benign tumours, almost exclusively found in children. Primary work-up includes imaging. We report a case of lymphangioma in the leg in an adult patient, initially masked as a myxoma. Our patient underwent ultrasound, computerised tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging, which were suggestive of myxoma. Treatment for lymphangioma varies from sclerotherapy to definitive surgical management. In our case, surgical management was selected under consideration of myxoma; however, histopathology confirmed lymphangioma. Lymphangiomas in adult patients can be masked by other conditions and should be considered as a differential in lower leg swellings. |
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spelling | pubmed-101882872023-05-17 An Unusual Case of Thigh Swelling Douglas-Seidl, Sarah Damodaran Prabha, Ramesh Farooque, Yasser Cureus General Surgery Lymphangiomas are benign tumours, almost exclusively found in children. Primary work-up includes imaging. We report a case of lymphangioma in the leg in an adult patient, initially masked as a myxoma. Our patient underwent ultrasound, computerised tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging, which were suggestive of myxoma. Treatment for lymphangioma varies from sclerotherapy to definitive surgical management. In our case, surgical management was selected under consideration of myxoma; however, histopathology confirmed lymphangioma. Lymphangiomas in adult patients can be masked by other conditions and should be considered as a differential in lower leg swellings. Cureus 2023-04-16 /pmc/articles/PMC10188287/ /pubmed/37200650 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.37662 Text en Copyright © 2023, Douglas-Seidl et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | General Surgery Douglas-Seidl, Sarah Damodaran Prabha, Ramesh Farooque, Yasser An Unusual Case of Thigh Swelling |
title | An Unusual Case of Thigh Swelling |
title_full | An Unusual Case of Thigh Swelling |
title_fullStr | An Unusual Case of Thigh Swelling |
title_full_unstemmed | An Unusual Case of Thigh Swelling |
title_short | An Unusual Case of Thigh Swelling |
title_sort | unusual case of thigh swelling |
topic | General Surgery |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10188287/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37200650 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.37662 |
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