Vascular malformation of hand: cavernous lymphangioma.
A case of congenital cavernous lymphangioma of the hand presenting in a newborn is presented. The mass on the dorsum of the hand was removed with the overlying skin and underlying paratenon at three years of age. Re-surfacing was performed with a free flap transfer. There were no post-operative complications during one year of follow-up.
Takka
Semih
S
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Ogori Daiichi General Hospital, Yamaguchi 754-0002, Japan. semihtakka@yahoo.com
Doi
Kazuteru
K
Hattori
Yasunori
Y
D006225:Hand / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008202:Lymphangioma / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps