Adult lymphangioma - a rare entity: a report of two cases.
OBJECTIVE
Lymphangiomas are rare congenital malformations commonly seen in children. Its occurrence in adults is uncommon with very scarce reports in the literature. It mainly occurs in infants or children younger than two years of age. We report these cases to emphasize the need to consider cystic lymphangiomas in differential diagnosis of neck masses in adults.


METHODS
We describe two cases in adults, one a 27-year-old man and the other a 59-year-old male. The former presented with recurrent neck mass for 5 years, and the latter presented with asymptomatic neck mass of a short duration. Both were not associated with any pain, discoloration, discharge or sudden increase in size.


CONCLUSIONS
The awareness of occurrence of cystic lymphangioma in adults is important for its proper management which includes complete surgical removal, to prevent recurrence.
Department of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Karnataka, India.
Mary
M
Mathew
Sumeet Kaur
SK
Dil
D000328:Adult; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D018191:Lymphangioma, Cystic / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged