Cystic lymphangioma of the small bowel in a woman at 15 weeks' gestation: laparoscopic approach.
Lymphangiomas are uncommon benign tumors, usually encountered early in childhood. Here is described the case of a pregnant woman at 15 weeks' gestation with a symptomatic ileal small bowel lymphangioma that was approached laparoscopically. A limited number of laparoscopically managed cases of abdominal lymphangiomas have been reported. This is the first reported laparoscopically assisted resection of a small bowel cystic lymphangioma during pregnancy.
Konstantinidis
Konstantinos
K
Department of General and Laparoscopic Surgery, Athens Medical Center, Maroussi, Athens, Greece.
Theodoropoulos
George E
GE
Sambalis
George
G
Georgiou
Michael
M
Vorias
Michael
M
Anastassakou
Kornilia
K
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007078:Ileal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D010535:Laparoscopy; D018191:Lymphangioma, Cystic / Q000601:surgery*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000601:surgery*; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second