Cervical Cystic Hygroma in an Adult

Cystic hygromas/lymphangiomas are extremely rare malformations in adults. They are usually seen in infants and children under 2 years of age. En bloc resection is difficult due to the adhesive characteristics of the tumors. Inadequate surgical intervention often leads to recurrent disease. We report...

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Autores principales: Derin, Serhan, Şahan, Murat, Dere, Yelda, Çullu, Neşat, Şahan, Leyla
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4273562/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25548704
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/209427
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author Derin, Serhan
Şahan, Murat
Dere, Yelda
Çullu, Neşat
Şahan, Leyla
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description Cystic hygromas/lymphangiomas are extremely rare malformations in adults. They are usually seen in infants and children under 2 years of age. En bloc resection is difficult due to the adhesive characteristics of the tumors. Inadequate surgical intervention often leads to recurrent disease. We report herein the case of a cystic hygroma/lymphangioma that presented as an uncommon mass on the cervical region in an adult, together with its histopathological, radiologic, and operative features.
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spelling pubmed-42735622014-12-29 Cervical Cystic Hygroma in an Adult Derin, Serhan Şahan, Murat Dere, Yelda Çullu, Neşat Şahan, Leyla Case Rep Pathol Case Report Cystic hygromas/lymphangiomas are extremely rare malformations in adults. They are usually seen in infants and children under 2 years of age. En bloc resection is difficult due to the adhesive characteristics of the tumors. Inadequate surgical intervention often leads to recurrent disease. We report herein the case of a cystic hygroma/lymphangioma that presented as an uncommon mass on the cervical region in an adult, together with its histopathological, radiologic, and operative features. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-12-07 /pmc/articles/PMC4273562/ /pubmed/25548704 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/209427 Text en Copyright © 2014 Serhan Derin et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Derin, Serhan
Şahan, Murat
Dere, Yelda
Çullu, Neşat
Şahan, Leyla
Cervical Cystic Hygroma in an Adult
title Cervical Cystic Hygroma in an Adult
title_full Cervical Cystic Hygroma in an Adult
title_fullStr Cervical Cystic Hygroma in an Adult
title_full_unstemmed Cervical Cystic Hygroma in an Adult
title_short Cervical Cystic Hygroma in an Adult
title_sort cervical cystic hygroma in an adult
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4273562/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25548704
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/209427
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