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Lymphangioma cavernous of the small bowel mesentery, an infrequent cause of acute abdomen in adult

Lymphangioma is a benign mass lesion characterized by numerous thin-walled lymphatic spaces that usually manifests in the first few years of life. They generally appear in the head, neck and axillary regions. Abdominal lymphangiomas have been reported however they are rare 5%. The small bowel mesent...

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Autores principales: Rojas, Christian L, Molina, Gabriel A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5811846/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29479419
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjy018
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description Lymphangioma is a benign mass lesion characterized by numerous thin-walled lymphatic spaces that usually manifests in the first few years of life. They generally appear in the head, neck and axillary regions. Abdominal lymphangiomas have been reported however they are rare 5%. The small bowel mesentery lymphangioma has been described in <1%. Lymphangiomas may remain asymptomatic or present with complications depending on the size and location of the lesion. We present a case of a 71-year-old female, she presented to the emergency with acute abdomen and a palpable mass in the lower abdomen. Computed tomography confirmed a mass within the mesentery of the small bowel. Laparotomy was performed and a cystic mass near the root of the small bowel mesentery was found. Patient underwent full recovery. On follow-up controls, pathology described lymphangioma cavernous.
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spelling pubmed-58118462018-02-23 Lymphangioma cavernous of the small bowel mesentery, an infrequent cause of acute abdomen in adult Rojas, Christian L Molina, Gabriel A J Surg Case Rep Case Report Lymphangioma is a benign mass lesion characterized by numerous thin-walled lymphatic spaces that usually manifests in the first few years of life. They generally appear in the head, neck and axillary regions. Abdominal lymphangiomas have been reported however they are rare 5%. The small bowel mesentery lymphangioma has been described in <1%. Lymphangiomas may remain asymptomatic or present with complications depending on the size and location of the lesion. We present a case of a 71-year-old female, she presented to the emergency with acute abdomen and a palpable mass in the lower abdomen. Computed tomography confirmed a mass within the mesentery of the small bowel. Laparotomy was performed and a cystic mass near the root of the small bowel mesentery was found. Patient underwent full recovery. On follow-up controls, pathology described lymphangioma cavernous. Oxford University Press 2018-02-14 /pmc/articles/PMC5811846/ /pubmed/29479419 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjy018 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author(s) 2018. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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Lymphangioma cavernous of the small bowel mesentery, an infrequent cause of acute abdomen in adult
title Lymphangioma cavernous of the small bowel mesentery, an infrequent cause of acute abdomen in adult
title_full Lymphangioma cavernous of the small bowel mesentery, an infrequent cause of acute abdomen in adult
title_fullStr Lymphangioma cavernous of the small bowel mesentery, an infrequent cause of acute abdomen in adult
title_full_unstemmed Lymphangioma cavernous of the small bowel mesentery, an infrequent cause of acute abdomen in adult
title_short Lymphangioma cavernous of the small bowel mesentery, an infrequent cause of acute abdomen in adult
title_sort lymphangioma cavernous of the small bowel mesentery, an infrequent cause of acute abdomen in adult
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5811846/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29479419
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjy018
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