title: [Acute abdomen: other initial symptom of abdominal lymphangioma].
abstract: Lymphangiomas are benign tumors, their growth are slow, customarily without symptoms, their location more frequent are in head or neck and they're diagnosed before the two first life years frequently. Their etiology continues uncertain, being accepted the congenital origin. We report on three cases of abdominal lymphangioma beginning as an acute abdomen. The importance of these cases is based mainly in the low frequency of presentation of these tumors in this location (2-5% of the lymphangiomas) and in their initial symptomatology.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Infantil Le Fe Valencia.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Güemes
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ibáñez
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Barrios
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Esteban
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Miranda
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sáenz
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Vila-Carbó
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008202:Lymphangioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Abdomen agudo: otra forma de debut del linfangioma abdominal.