LYMPHANGIOMA A Long-Term Follow-Up Study

Massive cavernous lymphangiomatosis associated with a large lipoma and hemangiomas : a new syndrome?

“…Small infection or lymphangitis in any part of the body may cause a systemic, life-threatening situation. Repeated, incomplete resections of lymphangiomatosis may be needed [8]. In any case, careful follow-up of this case at regular intervals seem to be mandatory.…”

“…From a long-term follow-up study of lymphangioma, Saijo et al [8] concluded that extensive surgery was the treatment of choice whenever feasible, but in unilocular or bilocular cystic lymphangioma, subsequent regression can be expected after palliative treatment (aspiration, or incision and drainage). Diffuse lymphangiomas or hemangiolymphangiomas are more difficult to eradicate and often tend to recur [4,8].…”

“…The common sites are the neck, axilla and extremities [4,6,8,9,11]. A wideranging lymphangioma or hemangiolymphangioma, however, is uncommon [2,4,6,8,11].…”

Mediastinal lymphangioma revealed by 2-dimentional Echocardiography: a report of a case in an adult

“…Ninety percent of lymphangiomas manifest as a cervical or an axillary mass; the disease is more common in males [2][3]. Lymphangiomas are usually found during childhood (mainly less than two years of age), and adult cases are rare [4].…”

Temperature mapping of magnetic resonance-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) in lymphangiomas of the head and neck

“…Several reports of this interesting condition have appeared in the literature with varying modalities of treatment, including surgery, radiation, injection of sclerosing agents and corticoid, aspiration, and laser treatment [15,16]. To control the size of the tumor for functional reasons, especially in the tongue, surgical resection is the method of choice [17,18]; although, tumors are often adherent to adjacent vital structures such as the thyroid gland, and carotid sheath, cranial nerves, or major vessels of the neck [18].…”