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Multiple cystic lymphangiomas of the spleen: radiologic and histopathologic findings

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Splenic cyst(s) may be noted as an incidental finding on conventional imaging techniques, or as a result of evaluation of a patient with left upper quadrant pain, left shoulder pain, abdominal enlargement, or splenomegaly. Lymphangioma of the spleen is an extremely rare and benign neoplasm in adults, which is characterized by cystic dilatation of the lymphatic vessels in splenic parenchyma. This report describes a case of multiple splenic lymphangiomas in a 41-year-old female. She underwent abdominal ultrasonography for a health check-up. She had no symptoms, and physical examination did not reveal any abnormalities apart from splenomegaly. Ultrasonography and computed tomography showed multiple variable-sized cysts replacing the normal parenchyma of the spleen. There were wall calcifications in several cysts. The patient underwent laparoscopic splenectomy, and the final diagnosis was multiple lymphangiomas of the spleen.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 108 Pyung dong, Jongno-Gu, Seoul, 110-746, South Korea

    Se-Young Kim, Heon-Ju Kwon, Hae Won Park, So-Yeon Lee & Mi Sung Kim

  2. Department of Surgery, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

    Byung Ho Son

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Kim, SY., Kwon, HJ., Park, H.W. et al. Multiple cystic lymphangiomas of the spleen: radiologic and histopathologic findings. J Med Ultrasonics 42, 409–412 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10396-015-0612-x

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