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A Rare Presentation of Omental Lymphangioma Masquerading as Malignancy in an Adult Patient

Abdominal lymphangiomas are benign vascular neoplasms of the lymphatic vessels. Most are believed to be congenital, and they rarely present in the abdomen in adults. Omental lymphangiomas, in particular, are especially rare and can masquerade as malignancy, which requires further invasive workup. We...

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Autores principales: Alameri, Aws, Museedi, Abdulrahman, Nashawi, Mouhamed, Ghalli, Abdullah, Nathanson, Robert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7725255/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33324710
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000000491
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author Alameri, Aws
Museedi, Abdulrahman
Nashawi, Mouhamed
Ghalli, Abdullah
Nathanson, Robert
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description Abdominal lymphangiomas are benign vascular neoplasms of the lymphatic vessels. Most are believed to be congenital, and they rarely present in the abdomen in adults. Omental lymphangiomas, in particular, are especially rare and can masquerade as malignancy, which requires further invasive workup. We report the case of an otherwise healthy man with abdominal discomfort, ascites, and a presentation initially concerning for malignancy. However, imaging and pathologic analyses later elucidated the lesion as an omental lymphangioma requiring different management. Treatment options are either resection or sclerotherapy, and the prognosis is generally excellent.
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spelling pubmed-77252552020-12-14 A Rare Presentation of Omental Lymphangioma Masquerading as Malignancy in an Adult Patient Alameri, Aws Museedi, Abdulrahman Nashawi, Mouhamed Ghalli, Abdullah Nathanson, Robert ACG Case Rep J Case Report Abdominal lymphangiomas are benign vascular neoplasms of the lymphatic vessels. Most are believed to be congenital, and they rarely present in the abdomen in adults. Omental lymphangiomas, in particular, are especially rare and can masquerade as malignancy, which requires further invasive workup. We report the case of an otherwise healthy man with abdominal discomfort, ascites, and a presentation initially concerning for malignancy. However, imaging and pathologic analyses later elucidated the lesion as an omental lymphangioma requiring different management. Treatment options are either resection or sclerotherapy, and the prognosis is generally excellent. Wolters Kluwer 2020-12-08 /pmc/articles/PMC7725255/ /pubmed/33324710 http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000000491 Text en © 2020 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of The American College of Gastroenterology. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND) (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) , where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal.
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title_full A Rare Presentation of Omental Lymphangioma Masquerading as Malignancy in an Adult Patient
title_fullStr A Rare Presentation of Omental Lymphangioma Masquerading as Malignancy in an Adult Patient
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title_short A Rare Presentation of Omental Lymphangioma Masquerading as Malignancy in an Adult Patient
title_sort rare presentation of omental lymphangioma masquerading as malignancy in an adult patient
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7725255/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33324710
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000000491
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