title: Retropharyngeal lymphangioma.
abstract: Retropharyngeal lymphangioma is exceedingly rare and has been reported in only one case report in English literature. We are presenting a case of a 21 month-old girl with a history of acute tonsillitis and acute inspiratory stridor due to retropharyngeal bulging. A needle aspiration was done for decompression of the airway and suspected retropharyngeal abscess. Aspiration produced transparent fluid and a CT scan with contrast excluded abscess formation. Because the lymphangioma persisted in spite of two repeated aspirations and with continued presence of inflammation, we used a transcervical approach to excise the cervical lymphangioma. After surgery dehydrated alcohol was injected into the retropharyngeal space. 27 months later there was no sign of recurrence (Fig. 2, Ref 12).
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Otolaryngology Department, Faculty ofMedicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia. jakubikova@dfnsp.sk
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jakubikova
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008202:Lymphangioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D010610:Pharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery