title: Cavernous lymphangioma arising from uterine corpus.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gifu University School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan. furui@cc.gifu-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Tatsuro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Furui
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Imai
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: Eriko
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Teruhiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tamaya
mesh_terms: 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