Cystic adrenal lymphangiomas are very rare, benign vascular lesions. They are usually found during a work up for abdominal pain or incidentally during imaging studies for an unrelated cause. We report two cases of cystic adrenal lymphangiomas. They presented with flank discomfort, hypertension and flushing. Their laboratory findings were in normal limits. Radiologic imagings showed adrenal cyst...

Small bowel lymphangioma is a rare benign tumor of the lymphatic system, characterized by the presence of dilated lymphatic spaces and significant gastrointestinal bleeding. Small bowel lymphangiomas are rare in adults and case reports are few. Lymphangiomas in the jejunum or ileum are extremely rare and account for less than 1% of all lymphangiomas. The case reported herein is of an older pati...

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of intralesional Bleomycin Injection (IBI) as a primary therapy for peripheral lymphangiomas in children. Methodology: A prospective study was conducted at NICH Karachi from January 2003 to December 2005. Patients with peripheral lymphangiomas were included in the study. Exclusion criteria included previously treated lymphangiomas, infected lesions, intra-tho...

Lymphangiomas are benign lesions consisting of abnormal proliferations of lymphatic vessels. Lymphangiomas associated with bone involvement, particularly in vertebral bodies, accompanied by cord compression, are extremely rare, and our literature review yielded only a few relevant reports. We describe a 61-year-old man presenting with progressive paraparesis and sphincter disturbance of 5 month...

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...

This paper reports the treatment of oral lymphangiomas with carbon dioxide CO₂ Laser. Lymphangiomas are rare congenital lymphatic malformations. These lesions are most frequently diagnosed during childhood, are most commonly located in the head and neck region, and are extremely rare in the oral cavity. Oral lymphangiomas are of complex treatment due to the difficulty in performing a complete e...

OBJECTIVE Our aim is to present the imaging features of cervical lymphangiomas, which may be related with respiratory and vascular disturbances. MATERIALS AND METHODS Nine patients with cervical lymphangioma were evaluated with ultrasound (US), computed tomography (CT), and/or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). While one case was a fetus in the second trimester, eight cases with tracheal steno...

From the *Department of Pediatric Surgery, University Hospital of Santiago and the Departments of †Pediatric Gastroenterology and ‡Pediatric Surgery, Children’s Hospital Teresa Herrera, Hospital Juan Canalejo, A Coruña, Spain A bdominal cystic lymphangiomas (ACLs) are rare congenital benign malformations of the lymphatic system that are usually located in the small-bowel mesentery, followed by ...

UNLABELLED Lymphangiomas are uncommon congenital hamartomas of the lymphatic system, usually diagnosed in infancy and early childhood. Commonly located at head and neck, they are rarely situated in the oral cavity. Preferred site of oral involvement is the tongue. In the absence of proper therapy, lymphangiomas of the tongue are extremely recurrent, leading to serious complications such as hemo...

Lymphangiomas are rare benign congenital tumours, involving both the head and the neck and causing obstructing symptoms in the upper airways as well as aesthetic anomalies. In recent years, sclerosing therapy with OK-432 has become the treatment of choice in the management of these lymphatic malformations. Nonetheless, surgery still seems to be the therapy advocated for resolution of symptoms. ...