title: Mesenteric cystic lymphangioma causing intestinal occlusion in an adult patient.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chirurgia Pietro Valdoni, Università degli Studi La Sapienza, Roma.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Izzo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Galati
authors.forename: Ph C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Sassayannis
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Binda
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: D'Arielli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stasolla
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kharrub
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marini
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: D'Alessandro
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Caputo
mesh_terms: 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