title: Cystic lymphangioma arising in the tip of the tongue in an adult.
abstract: Cystic lymphangioma is a benign malformation of the lymphatic channels. Most cystic lymphangiomas are present at birth and are usually diagnosed in infancy or early childhood. The head and neck region appears to be the favored site for cystic lymphangiomas. We present the first reported case of a cystic lymphangioma arising from the tip of the tongue in a 75-year-old male.
authors.affiliation: Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgical Reconstruction and Functional Restoration, Department of Developmental and Reconstructive Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan. hisazumi@net.nagasaki-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nonaka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uehara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tobita
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inokuchi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D004727:Endothelium / Q000473:pathology; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000473:pathology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D018191:Lymphangioma, Cystic / Q000473:pathology*; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D014059:Tongue / Q000473:pathology; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*