title: Late-onset superficial lymphatic malformation: report of a case and review of the literature.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Superficial lymphatic malformations are predominantly developmental malformations of infancy, but they may arise at any age.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To describe a patient with a late-onset superficial lymphatic malformation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report and literature review.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A 53-year-old woman was evaluated for a colored lesion that developed spontaneously on the anterior abdominal wall. The lesion was treated by surgical excision. Findings on histopathologic examination of the specimen were consistent with superficial lymphatic malformation. There was no recurrence of the lesion at 4 months after the operation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Superficial lymphatic malformations can develop in adults spontaneously without the presence of any predisposing condition. Because the majority of such late-onset malformations reported in the literature are localized lesions similar to the one in our patient, surgical removal with inclusion of subcutaneous tissue usually results in cure without recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department, Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Turkey. ygit@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Uğur
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Koçer
authors.forename: Nilgün
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Atakan
authors.forename: Hasan Mete
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Aksoy
authors.forename: Yigit Ozer
authors.initials: YO
authors.lastname: Tiftikcioglu
authors.forename: Berna
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Aksoy
authors.forename: Müzeyyen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Astarci
mesh_terms: D034861:Abdominal Wall; D017668:Age of Onset; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008202:Lymphangioma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*