title: Cavernous lymphangioma arising in the chest wall 19 years after excision of a cystic hygroma.
abstract: Lymphangioma is a congenital malformation of the lymphatic system and is thought to result from the failure of the lymphatic system to connect with the venous system. Lymphangioma of the chest wall is a very rare disease entity, and only a few cases have ever been documented in the literature. To the best of our knowledge, there have been few cases of recurrent cavernous lymphangioma after surgical excision of a cystic hygroma on the same side of the chest wall. Here, we report a case of a cavernous lymphangioma of the chest wall in a patient who had undergone surgical excision of a cystic hygroma 19 years earlier.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine, Konkuk University, Korea.
authors.forename: Woo Surng
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Yo Han
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hyun Keun
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Chee
authors.forename: Song Am
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jong Duk
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Dong Chan
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Kim