Lymphangioma is a benign mass lesion characterized by numerous thin-walled lymphatic spaces that usually manifests in the first few years of life. They generally appear in the head, neck and axillary regions. Abdominal lymphangiomas have been reported however they are rare 5%. The small bowel mesentery lymphangioma has been described in <1%. Lymphangiomas may remain asymptomatic or present with...

Lymphangioma is a benign congenital malformation. The extremely rare and atypical localization of a lymphangioma in the chest wall was the real motive for the present case study. A 5-year-old boy was admitted to the Emergency Department of the 1st Department of Pediatric Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, due to the presence of a mildly painful swelling in the left lateral chest wal...

Address correspondence to: Dr. Ajay Rana, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, 282 Washington Street, Hartford, CT 06106; Tel: 860-545-9563; Fax: 860-545-9561; E-mail: [email protected]. Cystic lymphangiomas are rare in children. They commonly present as neck or axillary masses and only rarely involve the gastrointestinal tract. The clinical presentation of these tumors depends on their size...

Splenic lymphangioma is a rare, benign lesion of the spleen that is characterized microscopically by a proliferation of thin-walled vascular channels filled by proteinacious material. Based on microscopic features, three types of lymphangiomas are described as simple capillary, cavernous, and cystic; however, the distinction between these types is not uniformly accepted. The cystic type is the ...

A 67-year-old male patient came to the hospital due to lung cancer and mediastinal cystic mass which was suspected to be esophageal duplication cyst. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) was performed and intra-operative finding suggested it as a cystic mass along the thoracic duct. Thoracic duct was ligated and the cyst was completely resected. A 48-year-old female patient visited the h...

Other tumors include vascular tumors (e.g. hemangiomas, lymphangioma), lacrimal gland tumors (e.g. dacryoadenitis, benign mixed tumor, sarcoidosis and adenoid cystic carcinoma), and growths that extend from the sinuses into the orbit (e.g. squamous carcinoma, mucocele). Metastatic cancer can also form an orbital tumor. Lastly, an orbit tumor can also be caused by inflammation (e.g. pseudotumor,...