Sudden Appearance of a Palpable Chest Wall Mass Secondary to Macrocystic Lymphatic Malformation: A Case Report

Chest wall lymphatic malformations are rare and can pose a diagnostic dilemma, particularly if they present abruptly. This case report describes a 15-month-old male toddler presenting with a left lateral chest mass. Histopathology of the surgically excised mass confirmed the diagnosis of a macrocyst...

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Autores principales: Alkwai, Hend, Alkwai, Hala, Al Namshan, Mohammed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9954574/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36832364
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children10020235
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description Chest wall lymphatic malformations are rare and can pose a diagnostic dilemma, particularly if they present abruptly. This case report describes a 15-month-old male toddler presenting with a left lateral chest mass. Histopathology of the surgically excised mass confirmed the diagnosis of a macrocystic lymphatic malformation. Furthermore, there was no recurrence of the lesion in the two-year follow-up period.
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spelling pubmed-99545742023-02-25 Sudden Appearance of a Palpable Chest Wall Mass Secondary to Macrocystic Lymphatic Malformation: A Case Report Alkwai, Hend Alkwai, Hala Al Namshan, Mohammed Children (Basel) Case Report Chest wall lymphatic malformations are rare and can pose a diagnostic dilemma, particularly if they present abruptly. This case report describes a 15-month-old male toddler presenting with a left lateral chest mass. Histopathology of the surgically excised mass confirmed the diagnosis of a macrocystic lymphatic malformation. Furthermore, there was no recurrence of the lesion in the two-year follow-up period. MDPI 2023-01-28 /pmc/articles/PMC9954574/ /pubmed/36832364 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children10020235 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title_full Sudden Appearance of a Palpable Chest Wall Mass Secondary to Macrocystic Lymphatic Malformation: A Case Report
title_fullStr Sudden Appearance of a Palpable Chest Wall Mass Secondary to Macrocystic Lymphatic Malformation: A Case Report
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title_short Sudden Appearance of a Palpable Chest Wall Mass Secondary to Macrocystic Lymphatic Malformation: A Case Report
title_sort sudden appearance of a palpable chest wall mass secondary to macrocystic lymphatic malformation: a case report
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