title: Cystic lymphangioma of the small bowel in a woman at 15 weeks' gestation: laparoscopic approach.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Laparoscopic Surgery, Athens Medical Center, Maroussi, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Konstantinidis
authors.forename: George E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Theodoropoulos
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sambalis
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Georgiou
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vorias
authors.forename: Kornilia
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Anastassakou
mesh_terms: 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