A clinical evaluation of lymphangioma of the large intestine: a case presentation of lymphangioma of the descending colon and a review of 279 Japanese cases.
With the development and widespread use of colonoscopy, lymphangioma of the large intestine has recently been reported frequently. This paper presents some findings from a review of 279 cases of this disease in Japan, including a typical case that we encountered. A 69-year-old female was diagnosed as having lymphangioma of the descending colon based on the findings of a barium enema and a colonoscopy, and the lesion was successfully removed by an endoscopic resection. In the published reports, the etiology of this disease is not clear yet but the age at onset range shows a tendency toward a higher incidence in comparatively older patients and the male-to-female ratio indicates a higher incidence in males. If there is no complication, endoscopic treatment seems to be the preferable procedure for this disease.
Matsuda
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Departments of Gastroenterology, Tama-Nagayama Hospital, Nippon Medical School, Japan. matsuda takeshi/surg1@nms.ac.jp
Matsutani
T
T
Tsuchiya
Y
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Okihama
Y
Y
Egami
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K
Yoshioka
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M
Maeda
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S
Onda
M
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D000368:Aged; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008202:Lymphangioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged