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Lymphangioma of Colon Presenting as an Intramural Tumor

Lymphangiomas are rare and benign vascular malformations of the lymphatic system. They may arise in any location and at all ages and have variable presentation. These lesions in the intestinal wall are reported very rarely. In the case of colonic lymphangiomas, it is more common in late adulthood an...

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Autores principales: Pham, Hong Duc, Nguyen, The Anh, Doan, Thi Giang, Bui, Van Giang, Phan-Nguyen, Thanh Van
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9285534/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35845223
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IMCRJ.S368610
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author Pham, Hong Duc
Nguyen, The Anh
Doan, Thi Giang
Bui, Van Giang
Phan-Nguyen, Thanh Van
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Nguyen, The Anh
Doan, Thi Giang
Bui, Van Giang
Phan-Nguyen, Thanh Van
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description Lymphangiomas are rare and benign vascular malformations of the lymphatic system. They may arise in any location and at all ages and have variable presentation. These lesions in the intestinal wall are reported very rarely. In the case of colonic lymphangiomas, it is more common in late adulthood and old age, which, in this age group is thought to be associated with local disturbances of lymphatic circulation secondary to inflammation, degeneration, surgical procedure, trauma or radiation. The clinical presentation of colonic lymphangiomas varies from incidental findings on imaging to presenting with acute abdomen. The imaging features are usually multilocular cyst in intramural colon and submucosal mass on endoscopy. However, in the case of symptomatic lesions with atypical image findings, and the fact that the disease is rare, preoperative diagnosis is often difficult. On the other hand, although these cystic tumors do not transform into malignancy, they can be locally invasive or complicated, and often require resection. We report a 53-year-old male who had a cystic lymphangioma of the transverse colon illustrated by imaging modalities and recognized via postoperative histopathological examination.
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spelling pubmed-92855342022-07-16 Lymphangioma of Colon Presenting as an Intramural Tumor Pham, Hong Duc Nguyen, The Anh Doan, Thi Giang Bui, Van Giang Phan-Nguyen, Thanh Van Int Med Case Rep J Case Report Lymphangiomas are rare and benign vascular malformations of the lymphatic system. They may arise in any location and at all ages and have variable presentation. These lesions in the intestinal wall are reported very rarely. In the case of colonic lymphangiomas, it is more common in late adulthood and old age, which, in this age group is thought to be associated with local disturbances of lymphatic circulation secondary to inflammation, degeneration, surgical procedure, trauma or radiation. The clinical presentation of colonic lymphangiomas varies from incidental findings on imaging to presenting with acute abdomen. The imaging features are usually multilocular cyst in intramural colon and submucosal mass on endoscopy. However, in the case of symptomatic lesions with atypical image findings, and the fact that the disease is rare, preoperative diagnosis is often difficult. On the other hand, although these cystic tumors do not transform into malignancy, they can be locally invasive or complicated, and often require resection. We report a 53-year-old male who had a cystic lymphangioma of the transverse colon illustrated by imaging modalities and recognized via postoperative histopathological examination. Dove 2022-07-11 /pmc/articles/PMC9285534/ /pubmed/35845223 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IMCRJ.S368610 Text en © 2022 Pham et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) ). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php).
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Pham, Hong Duc
Nguyen, The Anh
Doan, Thi Giang
Bui, Van Giang
Phan-Nguyen, Thanh Van
Lymphangioma of Colon Presenting as an Intramural Tumor
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title_short Lymphangioma of Colon Presenting as an Intramural Tumor
title_sort lymphangioma of colon presenting as an intramural tumor
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9285534/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35845223
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IMCRJ.S368610
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