title: Multiple Hemolymphangioma of the Visceral Organs: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.
abstract: Hemolymphangioma is a rare disease with malformation of both lymphatic and vascular vessels. Few cases of hemolymphangioma occurring in the rectum, small intestine, pancreas, esophagus, and other organs have been reported. Nevertheless, multiple hemolymphangioma of the visceral organs are extremely rare. We report a 25-year-old female with a significantly enlarged spleen full of multiple-rounded lesions. Curiously, the splenic flexure and even retroperitoneum had many lesions. The patient recovered well after splenectomy and the pathologic diagnosis of spleen was hemolymphangioma with abnormal lymphatic and blood vessels with polycystic spaces.Usually, it is hard to cure this disease. We should take much more consideration into the diagnosis, treatment, and even pathogenesis, even though it is a benign lesion.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College (D-YZ, ZL, XM, W-LS,WW, P-YC); Department of Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, Anhui, China (Q-YW).
authors.forename: Deng-Yong
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Zheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Xiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Qiu-Yue
authors.initials: QY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Wang-Liang
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Pei-Yuan
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Cui
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008202:Lymphangioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space / Q000473:pathology; D013156:Splenectomy / Q000379:methods*; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed