Cystic lymphangioma is a benign tumor of uncertain etiology characterized by a slow growth; in 2-8% of cases it is localized in the mesentery. Symptomatology is aspecific and preoperative diagnosis is often difficult. The Authors report the case of a mesenteric cystic lymphangioma in a patient who had undergone subtotal colectomy eight years earlier for an adenocarcinoma occluding the sigmoid colon. The patient was hospitalized for intestinal occlusion.
Mesenteric cystic lymphangioma causing intestinal occlusion in an adult patient / Izzo, Luciano; Galati, Gaspare; P. C., Sassayannis; B., Binda; D., D'Arielli; A., Stasolla; Z., Kharrub; Marini, Mario; V., D'Alessandro; Caputo, MARIA VITTORIA. - In: IL GIORNALE DI CHIRURGIA. - ISSN 0391-9005. - 24:10(2003), pp. 347-349.
Mesenteric cystic lymphangioma causing intestinal occlusion in an adult patient.
IZZO, Luciano;GALATI, Gaspare;MARINI, Mario;CAPUTO, MARIA VITTORIA
2003
Abstract
Cystic lymphangioma is a benign tumor of uncertain etiology characterized by a slow growth; in 2-8% of cases it is localized in the mesentery. Symptomatology is aspecific and preoperative diagnosis is often difficult. The Authors report the case of a mesenteric cystic lymphangioma in a patient who had undergone subtotal colectomy eight years earlier for an adenocarcinoma occluding the sigmoid colon. The patient was hospitalized for intestinal occlusion.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
