Lymphangioma is a rare benign tumor of the lymphatic vessels hamartomatous nature. We report case lingual lymphangioma in 2-year-old child, revealed by macroglossia. The radiology suspected lesion. Anatomopathological examination confirmed diagnosis cystic lymphangioma, and determined its characteristics.

abdominal cystic lymphangioma is a rare benign neoplasm. less than 1% of lymphangiomas is in the retroperitoneum. lymphangioma is mostly asymptomatic. chronic symptoms were reported in retroperitoneal type more than others. acute symptoms due to complications like infection, cyst rupture or hemorrhage may occur. we report an 18-years-old girl with low back pain from 6 months ago with huge pelvi...

Lymphangioma is a rare proliferation of the lymphatic system which is classified as either lymphangioma circumscription or carvenous lymphangioma. The involvement of the vulva is very rare and only a small number of case reports have been made on carvenous lymphangioma of the vulva. We herein report a case of 20-year-old unmarried girl presented with gradually expanding and painless tumor of th...

  Abdominal cystic lymphangioma is a rare benign neoplasm. Less than 1% of lymphangiomas is in the retroperitoneum. Lymphangioma is mostly asymptomatic. Chronic symptoms were reported in retroperitoneal type more than others. Acute symptoms due to complications like infection, cyst rupture or hemorrhage may occur. We report an 18-years-old girl with low back pain from 6 months ago with huge pel...

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Lymphangioma circumscriptum of the vulva occurs in patients who have undergone radical hysterectomy, lymph node dissection, or radiation therapy for management of advanced uterine cancer. Since vulvar lymphangioma circumscriptum typically presents as multiple, grossly verrucous vesicles of various sizes, it may be impossible to clinically distinguish vulvar lymphangioma circumscriptum from othe...

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Cervical lymphangioma can cause airway obstruction secondary to enlargement following infection. Physicians should be aware that the airway obstruction can progress rapidly when patients with cervical lymphangioma have respiratory symptoms. Sclerotherapy for lymphangioma can cause both transient swelling and airway obstruction; thus, prophylactic and elective tracheostomy should be considered.

Lymphangioma of the head and neck with tongue involvement is more often seen than the isolated involvement of the tongue. Lymphangioma of the tongue may be localized or diffuse and the latter type constitutes the majority. We report a case of localized variety of lymphangioma arising from tip of tongue which is an uncommon location, its differential diagnosis and overview of the management.

BACKGROUND Lymphangioma is a lymphatic malformation, a benign proliferation of lymph vessels. CASE We hereby present a case of eyelid lymphangioma of cavernous type in a twelve year old male patient. This is a very uncommon site for this type of lymphangioma.