Cavernous lymphangioma arising from uterine corpus.
BACKGROUND
A rare case of giant uterine lymphangioma was experienced.


METHODS
A 44-year-old female noted a rapidly grown abdominal tumor and its accompanied symptoms, progressive abdominal distension, lumbago, and developed leg edema. Ultrasonography made a possible diagnosis of a huge ovarian tumor; postoperative diagnosis was cavernous lymphangioma arising from the uterus.


CONCLUSIONS
According to the literature, lymphangioma itself is a rare tumor, and giant lymphangioma arising from uterine corpus is extremely rare. We experienced an extremely rare case of uterine lymphangioma and ultrasound tomography better imaged the tumor inside.
Furui
Tatsuro
T
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gifu University School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan. furui@cc.gifu-u.ac.jp
Imai
Atsushi
A
Yokoyama
Yasuhiro
Y
Sato
Eriko
E
Tamaya
Teruhiko
T
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008202:Lymphangioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery