Jejunal cavernous lymphangioma.
Cavernous lymphangiomas are usually identified in infants and children with the majority of lesions found around the head and neck, trunk or extremities. Tumours affecting the intra-abdominal organs are rare. The authors report a case of small bowel cavernous lymphangioma arising within the jejunum of a 34-year-old woman presenting with dyspnoea and anaemia, and review the existing literature relating to this uncommon tumour.
Department of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. garethmorrisstiff@hotmail.com
Gareth
G
Morris-Stiff
Gavin A
GA
Falk
Kevin
K
El-Hayek
John
J
Vargo
Mary
M
Bronner
David P
DP
Vogt
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007580:Jejunal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D007583:Jejunum / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008202:Lymphangioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery