title: Cystic lymphangioma of the gallbladder: report of a case.
abstract: Abdominal lymphangioma is usually diagnosed within the first 2 years of life and is extremely rare in adults. The most common location of abdominal lymphangioma is the mesentery, but there are sporadic reports of its development in the gallbladder. A 66-year-old woman was found to have a cystic lesion near the gallbladder. Preoperative studies, including endoscopic ultrasonography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging, showed a tumor with multilocular cystic structure, originating in the gallbladder fossa. The patient underwent exploratory laparotomy, and the mass was resected en bloc with the gallbladder, as there was no evidence of malignancy on intraoperative ultrasonography. Macroscopically, the tumor was a multilocular cystic mass, 6 x 3 x 2 cm in size, with a rough, sponge-like appearance. Histologically, the cystic tumor was diagnosed as a lymphangioma, originating in the gallbladder. To our knowledge, only three other cases of a cystic lymphangioma originating in the gallbladder have been reported in the medical literature of the world.
authors: Department of Surgery II, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsuruma-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan.
authors: Toshio
authors: T
authors: Shikano
authors: Shin
authors: S
authors: Takeda
authors: Mitsuru
authors: M
authors: Sakai
authors: Hiroyuki
authors: H
authors: Sugimoto
authors: Naohito
authors: N
authors: Kanazumi
authors: Syuji
authors: S
authors: Nomoto
authors: Akimasa
authors: A
authors: Nakao
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D049448:Cholangiopancreatography, Magnetic Resonance; D002763:Cholecystectomy / Q000379:methods; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019160:Endosonography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D018191:Lymphangioma, Cystic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed