Intrapulmonary cystic lymphangioma in a 2-month-old infant.
Lymphangioma is an abnormal collection of lymphatics that are developmentally isolated from the normal lymphatic system. Lymphangioma rarely presents as a solitary pulmonary lesion. We report a rare case of intrapulmonary cystic lymphangioma involving the upper lobe of the right lung, which presented with dyspnea in a 2-month-old infant. High-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) of the chest demonstrated a well-circumscribed, multiseptate, cystic lesion in the upper lobe of the right lung, mimicking the feature of type I congenital cystic adenomatoid mal-formation. The tumor was removed by bilobectomy of the upper and middle lobes of the right lung, and its pathologic examination confirmed the diagnosis of an intra-pulmonary cystic lymphangioma.
Lee
Chang Hun
CH
Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Pusan National University, Busan, Korea. cnlee@pusan.ac.kr
Kim
Young Dae
YD
Kim
Kyun Il
KI
Lim
Young Tak
YT
Lee
Kyung Min
KM
Choi
Kyung Un
KU
Lee
Jin Suk
JS
Sol
Mee Young
MY
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007223:Infant; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D018191:Lymphangioma, Cystic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed