title: Lymphangioma of the ovary after radiation due to Wilms' tumor in the childhood.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report a case of lymphangioma of the ovary after radiation due to Wilms' tumor in the childhood.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 19-year-old nulliparous female.
  
  
  METHODS
  The vaginal ultrasound showed the left ovary enlarged to 4.4 cm x 2.9 cm x 4.5 cm in size including a 3.5 cm x 2.6 cm x 3.2 cm measuring cystic solid tumor without hypervascularity. For exclusion of a malignant tumor, a laparoscopy for excision of the tumor and deep incision of the left ovary with a bipolar needle was performed to exclude deeper tumor of stromal origin. The histological examination of the tissue showed a lymphangioma beside normal ovarian tissue.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  To our knowledge, this is the first report of lymphangioma of the ovary after radiation due to Wilms' tumor in the childhood. The impact of this finding on the patient's fertility remains unclear. As in other organs exposed to radiation, lymphangioma can also occur in the ovary. Careful follow up should be considered to this patients, because malignant transformation can not be excluded.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Muenster, Albert-Schweitzer-Strasse 33, 48149, Muenster, Germany. heinig@uni-muenster.de
authors.forename: Joerg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Heinig
authors.forename: Veronika
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Beckmann
authors.forename: Tatiana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bialas
authors.forename: Raihana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Diallo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D008202:Lymphangioma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009396:Wilms Tumor / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery