title: Splenic cystic lymphangioma in a young woman: case report and literature review.
abstract: Splenic cystic lymphangioma is extremely rare, with very few cases reported until now. Here, we report a case of cystic lymphangioma of the spleen in a young woman who was admitted for evaluation of abdominal pain and a mass lasting for two years. We present this case with emphasis on the problem of differential diagnosis and the difficulties of diagnostic certainty in the absence of histologic features.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China. xgp_0267@163.com
authors.forename: Guo-Ping
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Hui-Fen
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Li-Rong
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Bu-Lang
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Gao
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018191:Lymphangioma, Cystic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D013154:Spleen / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013156:Splenectomy; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery