Lymphangiome kystique cervico-thoracique: à propos d’un cas

Cervicothoracic cystic lymphangiomas are rare benign tumors developing from sequestration of embryonic lymph sac which is gradually filled with lymph fluid. The diagnosis is based on clinical signs (laterocervical swelling) and imaging (ultrasound and CT scan), then confirmed by histology after surg...

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Autores principales: Nadour, Karim, Moujahid, Mountassir
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5326052/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28292151
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2016.25.189.9363
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description Cervicothoracic cystic lymphangiomas are rare benign tumors developing from sequestration of embryonic lymph sac which is gradually filled with lymph fluid. The diagnosis is based on clinical signs (laterocervical swelling) and imaging (ultrasound and CT scan), then confirmed by histology after surgery which constitutes the basis of treatment. We here report a case of cervicothoracic cystic lymphangioma and review of the literature.
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spelling pubmed-53260522017-03-10 Lymphangiome kystique cervico-thoracique: à propos d’un cas Nadour, Karim Moujahid, Mountassir Pan Afr Med J Case Report Cervicothoracic cystic lymphangiomas are rare benign tumors developing from sequestration of embryonic lymph sac which is gradually filled with lymph fluid. The diagnosis is based on clinical signs (laterocervical swelling) and imaging (ultrasound and CT scan), then confirmed by histology after surgery which constitutes the basis of treatment. We here report a case of cervicothoracic cystic lymphangioma and review of the literature. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2016-11-24 /pmc/articles/PMC5326052/ /pubmed/28292151 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2016.25.189.9363 Text en © Karim Nadour et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. 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 work is properly cited.
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Lymphangiome kystique cervico-thoracique: à propos d’un cas
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title_full Lymphangiome kystique cervico-thoracique: à propos d’un cas
title_fullStr Lymphangiome kystique cervico-thoracique: à propos d’un cas
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title_short Lymphangiome kystique cervico-thoracique: à propos d’un cas
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topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5326052/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28292151
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