Mesenteric cystic lymphangioma causing intestinal occlusion in an adult patient.
Cystic lymphangioma is a benign tumor of uncertain etiology characterized by a slow growth; in 2-8% of cases it is localized in the mesentery. Symptomatology is aspecific and preoperative diagnosis is often difficult. The Authors report the case of a mesenteric cystic lymphangioma in a patient who had undergone subtotal colectomy eight years earlier for an adenocarcinoma occluding the sigmoid colon. The patient was hospitalized for intestinal occlusion.
Izzo
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Dipartimento di Chirurgia Pietro Valdoni, Università degli Studi La Sapienza, Roma.
Galati
G
G
Sassayannis
Ph C
PC
Binda
B
B
D'Arielli
D
D
Stasolla
A
A
Kharrub
Z
Z
Marini
M
M
D'Alessandro
V
V
Caputo
M
M
D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D008202:Lymphangioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008639:Mesenteric Cyst / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D008643:Mesentery; D008875:Middle Aged; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology