Spontaneous regression of a cystic tumor in a postpartum woman; is it a cystic lymphangioma?
Spontaneous regression of intra-abdominal cystic tumors in adults is unusual. Here, we present the case of an apparently spontaneous regression of a large intra-abdominal cystic mass found in the postpartum period of an 18-year-old woman. The regression was demonstrated using serial computed tomography (CT) examinations over a two-year period.
Joo
Seung Ho
SH
Department of Radiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 250 Seongsanno, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-752, Korea.
Kim
Myeong-Jin
MJ
Kim
Ki Whang
KW
Lee
Woo Jung
WJ
Park
Mi-Suk
MS
Lim
Joon Seok
JS
D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018191:Lymphangioma, Cystic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009365:Neoplasm Regression, Spontaneous; D049590:Postpartum Period; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed