Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Giant cavernous mesenteric lymphangioma in adult

  • Case Report
  • Published:
Updates in Surgery Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2

References

  1. Alahyane A, Lachkar A, El Fahssi M, Baba H, Elhjouji A, Rharrassi I, Ziadi T, Ait Ali A (2009) Giant cystic lymphangioma of mesentery. Gastroenterol Clin Biol 33(2):122–125

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Takiff H, Calabria R, Yin L, Stabile BE (1985) Mesenteric cysts and intra-abdominal cystic lymphangiomas. Arch Surg 120:1266–1269

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Nizami S, Mohiuddin K, Daudi I, Ahmed Z, Memon MA (2007) Cavernous transverse mesocolonic lymphangioma in an adult. Am J Surg 193(6):740–741

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  4. Vlazakis SS, Gardikis S, Sanidas E, Vlachakis I, Charissis G (2000) Rupture of mesenteric cyst aft er blunt abdominal trauma. Eur J Surg 166:262–264

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. Protopapas A, Papadopoulos D, Rodolakis A, Markaki S, Antsaklis A (2005) Mesenteric lymphangioma presenting as adnexal torsion: case report and literature review. J Clin Ultrasound 33(2):90–93

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  6. Losanoff JE, Richman BW, El-Sherif A, Rider KD, Jones JW (2003) Mesenteric cystic lymphangioma. J Am Coll Surg 196:598–603

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  7. Ayyappan AP, Jhaveri KS, Haider MA (2011) Radiological assessment of mesenteric and retroperitoneal cysts in adults: is there a role for chemical shift MRI? Clin Imaging 35:127–132

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  8. Jeong WK, Kim Y, Song SY, Heo JN, Park CK (2006) Cavernous mesenteric lymphangioma (2006: 4b). Eur Radiol 16(7):1625–1628

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  9. Mabrut JY, Grandjean JP, Henry L, Chappuis JP, Partensky C, Barth X, Tissot E (2002) Mesenteric and mesocolic cystic lymphangiomas. Diagnostic and therapeutic management. Ann Chir 127(5):343–349

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. Wani I (2009) Mesenteric lymphangioma in adult: a case series with a review of the literature. Dig Dis Sci 54(12):2758–2762

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  11. Allen JG, Riall TS, Cameron JL, Askin FB, Hruban RH, Campbell KA (2006) Abdominal lymphangiomas in adults. J Gastrointest Surg 10(5):746–751

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  12. Yoo JC, Ahn Y, Lim YS, Hah JH, Kwon TK, Sung MW, Kim KH (2009) OK-432 sclerotherapy in head and neck lymphangiomas: long-term follow-up result. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 140(1):120–123

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  13. Tsukada H, Takaori K, Ishiguro S et al (2002) Giant cystic lymphangioma of the small bowel mesentery: report of a case. Surg Today 32:734–737

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  14. Katsuji T, Yoshinori H, Kentaro W et al (2003) A case of huge mesenteric lymphangioma managed by laparoscopy-assisted subtotal resection with sclerosing therapy. J Jpn Soc Pediatr Surg 399(7):970–975

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Conflict of interest

All the authors have no conflicts of interest or financial ties to disclose.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of General Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Hospital San Camillo, Circonvallazione Gianicolense 87, 00152, Rome, Italy

    Giovanni Vennarecci, Cecilia Ceribelli, Andrea Laurenzi, Enrico Moroni & Giuseppe Maria Ettorre

Authors
  1. Giovanni Vennarecci
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Cecilia Ceribelli
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Andrea Laurenzi
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Enrico Moroni
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Giuseppe Maria Ettorre
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Giovanni Vennarecci.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Vennarecci, G., Ceribelli, C., Laurenzi, A. et al. Giant cavernous mesenteric lymphangioma in adult. Updates Surg 65, 317–319 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13304-012-0157-0

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13304-012-0157-0

Keywords

Search

Navigation