title: Hepatic lymphangioma: a rare cause of abdominal pain in a 30-year-old female.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Lymphangiomas are rare tumours usually found in the paediatric population in extra abdominal sites.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To report on a patient with a hepatic lymphangioma.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A 30-year-old woman presented with a 4-year history of right upper quadrant pain. Ultrasound and CT imaging demonstrated a cystic mass adjacent to the gallbladder. Histology of the resected specimen conferred a diagnosis of hepatic lymphangioma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We present a case of hepatic lymphangioma together with a review of diagnostic and therapeutic strategies currently available.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Adelaide and Meath Incorporating National Children's Hospital, Tallaght, Dublin 24, Ireland. helenstunell@eircom.net
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Stunell
authors.forename: P F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Ridgway
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Torreggiani
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Crotty
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Conlon
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008202:Lymphangioma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography