BACKGROUND AND AIM Since 1991, laparoscopic splenectomy has been performed in many different pathologies of the spleen. Although it is a rare lesion, splenic lymphangiomas are cystic lesions of the spleen requiring splenectomy. Herein, we present three females who have undergone laparoscopic splenectomy with the diagnosis of cystic splenic lymphangioma. PATIENTS AND METHODS In the last four y...

Lymphangiomas are congenital malformations of the lymphatic system, and 90% have manifested by the end of the second year of life. While 75% of these are located in the cervical region, only 2% to 3% are associated with an intrathoracic extension. An isolated mediastinal lymphangioma without a cervical component is an uncommon occurrence. Presented here is an isolated mediastinal lymphangioma t...

cystic hygroma (ch) in the cervical region presents as a challenge to the anesthetist. the anaesthetic difficulties are usually associated with ch because of tumor extension into the mouth, airway management, thoracic extension, hemorrhage, involvement of pretracheal region, post operative respiratory obstruction and coexisting anomalies (down syndromes, turner syndromes and congenital cardiac ...

Mediastinal cavernous lymphangioma is a rare mediastinal lesion and its association with lupus erythematosus has not yet been reported in the literature. We present a 25 year-old female with lupus erythematosus who had bilateral massive refractory and recurrent pleural effusion as well as ascites for a long period of time. During surgery, a huge multicystic lesion with a thick wall, covering th...

OBJECTIVE Our objective was to demonstrate the characteristic features of retroperitoneal lymphatic aneurysmal dilatation with three-dimensional (3D) magnetic resonance (MR) lymphography. CONCLUSION Three-dimensional MR lymphography demonstrates that retroperitoneal lymphatic aneurysmal dilatation exhibits a continuous spectrum of change from normal variants to lymphatic aneurysmal dilatation...

Mediastinal lymphangioma is primarily a benign lesion and the majority of the cases are found incidentally. These lesions account for approximately 1% of all mediastinal tumors. Here we present a giant mediastinal cystic mass in a 35-year-old female who was presented with severe respiratory distress. On the plain chest radiography and CT scan, a massive left pleural effusion with large paraster...

OBJECTIVE A case of fetal neck lymphangioma is reported METHODS A 34-year-old primigravida presented with a fetus at 21+5 weeks' gestation with a neckl cystic mass. RESULTS Diagnosis of neck lymphangioma was made; the couple opted for termination of pregnancy a 22 weeks; they refused fetal autopsy. CONCLUSION Counseling in case of neck lynphangioma is still difficult. Prognosis in guarded...

A 38-year-old woman who had undergone pelvic lymphangioma resection two months previously presented with cough and dyspnea. Transthoracic echocardiography and CT demonstrated the presence of a mixed cystic/solid component tumor involving the inferior vena cava, heart and pulmonary artery. Complete resection of the cardiac tumor was performed and lymphangioma was confirmed based on histopatholog...

Lymphangiomas are rare benign tumors of lymphatic vascular origin. They more common in the pediatric population and manifest mainly neck axillary region. Retroperitoneal lymphangiomas less that 1% pancreatic origin is even rarer. We present a case cystic lymphangioma 60-year-old woman with chronic diffuse symptoms, diagnosed because newly onset diabetes mellitus. She was successfully managed di...